reading response #3

1. Identify the article you have selected and why you chose it.

I chose the article "Deep Listening: Bridge to Collaboration by Pauline Oliveros. I chose this article because I like doing projects with people and collaborating ideas. Also as a musician, I enjoy 'deep listening' to songs to find complexity in the song.

2. What are the main points of the essay?

The main points of the essay are about what Oliveros accomplished as a music producer/composer. She also talks about her experiences with collaborating with other artists and how she really enjoys getting other opinions. As a teacher, and afterwords, she really focused on teaching people to truly listen or 'deep listening' to songs and sounds. She mainly focused on this with music and performance students.

3. How are the ideas or arguments in this article relevant to your own practice as a media artist?

As a media artist and as a musician it is really important to deeply listen to a song or sound. As a musician I once took a summer class on jazz listening, where everyday we would sit and listen to jazz music. We would listen to a song over and over and focus on different parts of the song. It gives so much more complexity and makes the song more interesting. After that class I have never heard a song or sound that same again. As a media artist, sounds create half of the work. If you neglect the sound, the project will not be as complex or interesting. A work also feels incomplete if the sound isn't as complex, or simple, as the video/visuals attatched to the sound. That is why 'deep listening' is crucial for a media artist.