Testing Microphone -52s 2005/6
Microphone Check 1, Check 2. Testing. Mic 1, Mic 1, 2. Am I good? Ehhmmm (clearing throat)
An enforced experiment, intentions ambiguous.
The piece above from a series entitled, Experiments for Microphones, by British artist, Bob Levene plainly shows how difficult it is to produce quality sound when the microphone is set beyond reach. His work visually and audibly captures today's struggle, to be heard. To be heard by our spouses, parents, siblings, by our bosses...to be heard by colleagues, sellers and buyers is the challenge. In a world where so many are connected and distracted, how can we get more than a few secs at the mic?
From a business retailing perspective television in the 1960's reached 80% of the US population, today 80% of the US population resides in the "long tail", the smaller niche markets (amazon.com ISBN 1-4013-0237-8). Even the fat corporate cats are struggling to be heard.
Some say blogging has revolutionized the way we interact, learn and disseminate info. Others stress it is nothing more than a virtual world for the self conscious desperately seeking clicks. Is it okay in 2010 to have formed no opinion on blogging? Pro's and con's are abundant but can most individuals articulate or quantify how the blog has affected their lives? Perhaps a more interesting question, where are blogs taking us?
In recent days spent scouring blog sites an unsettling thought remains, what if I were to have read blogs all these years? Would I be better off, where would I be? What have I missed? Then a more disturbing thought interrupts the former, I could just as easily be the worse off basing certain realities on bloggers' experiences, opinions and views.
Recently participating in a unique exercise, a former pro basketball player turned coach, stressed the need for players to use all possible resources, EVERY AVAILABLE RESOURCE. Let's say life is a basketball game and blogs are a resource at our fingertips. In an effort to implement ALL available resources and up the ante, I beg dear readers to name drop your favorite blog.
Let the fun and games begin...
2 comments:
Loud and clear... :-)
My English is not perfect, but must comment:
The difference between people who are heard and are not depends on them. Maybe the girl in the picture has something to say which is really important and sensational, but she will probably get tired of jumping and give up. If you look at the picture carefully, there is something she misses...the microphone is adjustable, like everything else in this world. The difference between those who are heard and not heard are in the way we treat these small details. In the artwork above, maybe a small screw to hold the mic, or even wearing high heels could solve the problem. The fear of changing the setup prevents her from being heard, there will be consequences for her actions. But this decision of not changing makes the difference between being heard and not.
She should not wait for someone else to lower the mic. She must find a strategical way to make the microphone accessible to her.
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