http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/library/127-misfire
Misfire sounds by Sarah Varney & Paul Frey
- Violin- :55, 1:53, 2:00, 2:30, 2:53m, 3:28
- Voice 1- :01
- Heartbeats- :22, 1:39, 3:50
- Voice 2 (Wake up)- :22, 1:53, 3:50
- Can opening-:40
- Running-:44, 2:50
- Thunder- :50, 3:09
- Dog breathing-:55, 3:00
- Radio Commercial- 1:26
- Human Breathing- 2:05
- Piano-2:20
- Water dropping-2:30
- Drinking/Sipping-2:46, 3:26
- Music-3:54
- Voice 3 (Lets Start)- 3:49
Reflection
Misfire is a podcast that combines multiple sounds such as a 1940’s Dr.Pepper radio ad, original violin music, and sounds of thirst-quenching. This podcast has a very creepy feeling to it. The old radio ads playing and the out of tune violin in the background really made me feel like I was listening to a horror movie. At times it was very random, but I think there was a story behind it. After the first Dr.Pepper ad, the sound of a heartbeat came in along with a voice saying ‘Wake up”. Then the sound of a can opening came in and four seconds later the sound of someone running in thunder. As I listened to it, I felt that the Dr.Pepper drink was being advertised as a energy drink. In today’s society we have T.V. commercials showing people tired and when they have a energy drink, they are all of a sudden “up”. In my mind while I was listening to this, I was picturing a person sleeping with a normal heart rate and a older person telling him to wake up. When the person sleeping wakes up he has a can of Dr.Pepper which makes him energized and makes him energized to run. I also felt that the sound of thunder symbolized energy because it was extremely loud. At the end, with the sound of water dropping and the normal heartbeat sounds coming back in was a symbol for the person coming back down to earth.
I feel that the piece was put together very well. Even though I still do not understand some of the sounds that were put in the piece. I still think that the sounds told the story it wanted to tell. The sounds that are confusing were the musical instruments. To me these sounds did not fit in with all the others that were in this podcast. The only thing that I can think of ,was that the music was put in to give the feeling of discomfort. When the violin comes in I kind of got annoyed, because it is not your typical beautiful violin piece. Although, I believe that the creators of this piece accomplished what they wanted to do which was to tell a story about the high and lows of someones life and trying to advertise that Dr.Pepper can make you more energetic.
