In this week's seminar we watched a number of different sound pieces and tried to pick out the different sounds that we could hear. The piece that I found the most interesting was called Meat Factory Ear Worms by Richie Bierne. This piece is very interesting as it uses a variety of different sounds including, speaking, music and background noise.
Here is a link to the clip on RTÉ Radio 1: www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/the-curious-ear-doconone-meat-factory-ear-worms.html
The piece starts with a man
talking about his time working in a meat factory, apart from the man talking;
the first sound we hear is a butcher knife being sharpened. This is a very
harsh sound and has a strange effect on the listener as it is not very pleasant.
The sound of the knife is repeated throughout the piece to show the brutality
of the factory.
In the background you can hear the sounds of the machinery on the production line and the sound of the cows mooing as they are being killed. This is repeated when he talks about the negative or practical parts of the job. However, when he talks about the positive times where he was thinking about something else, there would be music playing in the background, which he referred to as 'ear worms'. The music helps him escape the brutality of the factory. At some points the sound of the knife is played over the soft music to show the contrast between where he was and how he escaped it.
When Richie talks about his journey to work, you can hear the engine of an old car revving in the background and a song playing on the radio. This is an example of how the form of the piece relates to the content.
At one point he talks about the time he went to the hospital after he stabbed himself in the knee when skinning a cow. The sound played over that is Richie saying the word 'beep' over and over again. This has been used to symbolise the monitors at the hospital. The sound is also played when he talks about the factory at the end, which then symbolises the production line in the factory. Also when he stabs himself, you hear the noise of a cow which sounds like it's in pain. Once again this is another example that shows the form relates to the content.
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