the radio

it is grey this morning, which somehow seems fitting after the sunny thanksgiving weekend. for a number of reasons (which i won't go into at the moment), i must say that i felt more grateful for my life this thanksgiving than i ever have before. it is a rather amazing feeling to find yourself aware throughout your day, that you are alive and have so much to be wildly excited about. on that note, i awoke this morning both excited and mildly concerned about the fact that i will be playing live on the radio today. excited because, well, it's exciting to float out into the world into people's homes. mildly concerned, as i have been focusing for so long on just playing guitar, (in an avant-garde fashion) that singing some folk songs seems a bit dauting to my confidence. that said, it has felt quite good to feel the vibrating wood of my acoustic guitar against my chest these last days. you can go here and look for the link in the top right corner to listen to me today at 11:30 est.

a quote from Ian Murray on radio (from Alan Licht's book titled sound art: environment and landscapes") : "radio happens in the place that it is heard and not the production studio."

Posted by jeff pitcher at November 26, 2007 09:17 AM

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