Welcome to the sound walk and to the 50th episode of The Power of Music Thinking podcast.
I have had the pleasure of taking you inside the minds of some of the world’s most exciting people who are also music thinkers—professionals who, in some way or another, use music, musical principles, instruments, and techniques to work meaningfully together.
This feels like a big community worldwide, sharing examples of parallel thinking and using music thinking to understand and solve problems.
Sound Walk
But today is a special episode of the podcast, not just because of the anniversary but because there will be no guests today. Instead, you’ll be immersed in a unique sound walk experience, a journey of sound I recorded in July in Italy. This is not just a regular episode; it’s a sonic adventure.
Open your mind and listening brain because, as we learned in the last episode with Professor Nina Kraus, you can only hear what you know. So we have to know a lot before we can hear it. If you have yet to hear this episode, please do – especially the beginning with the short exercise to experience what listening in noise means.
But now let’s get on our trip or, better yet, the sound walk of the summer.
Every two years, my wife and I, visit the Art Biennale of Venice. It’s not just a visit, it’s a learning experience, an inspiration, a ritual about creativity in the broadest sense. It’s about un-learning, re-learning, and encountering new things that make you rethink. And this time, I brought my recording device with me on a sound walk through the Biennale of Venice.
Be my guest while I was walking with my ears and microphone open on this unique sound walk.
Listen now to The Sound Walk of The Summer
You can also listen to it on Spotify, Apple or any other player.
Show Notes
- David Rothenberg website and books: http://www.davidrothenberg.net/
- Biennale Arte Venice website: https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2024
- Italian Pavillion, Duo Qui/Two here: https://www.duequi-tohear.it/project
- More on Deep Listening and Pauline Oliveros:
https://musicthinking.com/deep-listening-with-sharon-stewart/ - EXTRA: Listen to the audio only of this episode: https://soundcloud.com/creative-companion/sound-walking-in-the-summer-soundtrack-of-the-power-of-music-thinking-podcast-special-epsiode
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