RADIO HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING OF A MYSTERY TO ME. WHETHER ITS THE EARLY MEMORIES OF LONG CAR JOURNEYS ON THE MOTORWAY AS A CHILD, IVE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED BY ITS CONSTANT PRESENCE AND ABILITY TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF COMFORT.
AN ARDUOUS JOURNEY WOULD BECOME A CIRCUS WHILE GAZING OUT THE WINDOW INTO NATURE, THE MUSIC AND NARRATIVE WOULD CREATE THE CONTEXT INTO WHICH IMAGINATION COULD EXPLORE. WHILE REFLECTING ON OUR FIRST CLASS IN WHICH WE DISCUSSED THE DIRECTIONALITY OF RADIO.
UNLIKE A FORMATTED PIECE OF MUSIC, SET TO ITS PERIMETERS AND CONSTRAINTS, RADIO WORKS MORE LIKE A MARATHON OF SOUND AND STORY. THE LISTENERS EXPERIENCE IS USUALLY LIKE DIVING INTO SOMETHING THATS ALREADY BEGUN, AND THE LISTENER FINDS THEIR WAY THROUGH THE REEVES TO ENGAGE AND FIND A POINT IN WHICH THEY CAN FOCUS AND FOLLOW.
RADIO CAN ALSO SERVE AS A FOUNDATIONAL BACKGROUND, MUCH LIKE GREAT AMBIENT MUSIC DOES, NON INVASIVE BUT POIGNANT AND PRESENT. A MODE ON WHICH THE EAR AND MIND CAN TUNE IN AND OUT AT ANY GIVEN TIME TO INDULGE IN NEWS, GOSSIP, MUSIC OR POLITICS. THIS LINEAR YET FLUID STRUCTURE OF RADIO ALLOWS FOR A MYRIAD OF CONCEPTS TO CREATE IN ITS FORMAT. RADIO TO ME IS A FORM OF AUDIO TO BE PRESENTED IN ITS MOST MERCURIAL NATURE, UNDEFINED BY ENDINGS OR BEGINNINGS.