Attending the Monday live listening session with ds106 radio station was my final task for the week. I regretfully can’t make it to the live listening sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, but I still learned a lot and will share it below.  It was also really great to hear my bumper at the start of the radio show. 

I was definitely drawn in by the live listening experience of the Blade Runner-inspired tale “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep.” The story seems to take place in San Francisco after a nuclear war, specifically in a post-apocalyptic world. The time range is established by allusions to “back in 88” and “before 1993,” as Professor Bond pointed out in our discord chat. The story was both incredibly old and futuristic at the same time, which I thought was interesting. We can visualize each scenario and what’s happening in our minds because to the abundance of noises in this first section. Along with that, sounds used during transitions indicate that the scene is probably changing. Footstep noises indicate what’s happening because there are two distinct footstep sounds, and we can determine what kind of shoes someone might be wearing. Small details like this enable us to visualize the scene in our minds. The size of a room can also be determined by the echoing footsteps.

I believe I’ve come to understand the significance of sound in setting the mood for our creative thinking after hearing this narrative and listening to the ds106 radio station. There are countless ways to communicate a story, one of which is by audio. I became more aware of how sound affects how we understand a tale after listening to this one. 

If you ever get a chance listen to DS106 radio, here: https://listen.ds106rad.io.