On Saturday January 28th, 2017 I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with a close family friend of mine. Edward, or Ed as we call him is 76 years old and was born in Concord New Hampshire. Since then he has moved to Bradford New Hampshire, where he lives with his wife, Lorraine. I selected to meet and talk with Ed because I knew he would have a great deal of stories, information, and personal experiences with the types of media that were widely used when he was just a kid. Ed was open to any and all questions i sent his way, and our interview lasted for about an hour. During the interview, Ed reflected on days gone by, and answered questions pertaining to sound recording, radio, television, and movies.
Sound Recording
When I mentioned the topics i would cover throughout our interview, Ed asked if we could do sound recording first. He spoke about his love and admiration for music back when he was a kid, and the records he used to listen to. Ed explained that New Hampshire used to be very rural, much more than it is nowadays, and he explained that he and his family were big into Country Western music. He mentioned how during his early teenage years in the 1950’s how he used to listen to Hank Williams Sr, Goldie Hill, Ernest Tubb, The Wilburn Brothers and …show more content…
This was not a luxury that all of his friends had during the time., because televisions were somewhat of a luxury commodity during the early 50’s. They were affordable he said, but just many people didn't have the money to buy one. They only had three channels on their television, and ed snickered when he looked at the rote on the coffee table next to us. He said, “We didn't have the luxury of sitting on our ass and using the clicker, if we wanted to change the channel we had to get up and walk to the television.” He also talked about how the reception was often times cloudy and pixilated due to the cable network of that
Sound Recording
When I mentioned the topics i would cover throughout our interview, Ed asked if we could do sound recording first. He spoke about his love and admiration for music back when he was a kid, and the records he used to listen to. Ed explained that New Hampshire used to be very rural, much more than it is nowadays, and he explained that he and his family were big into Country Western music. He mentioned how during his early teenage years in the 1950’s how he used to listen to Hank Williams Sr, Goldie Hill, Ernest Tubb, The Wilburn Brothers and …show more content…
This was not a luxury that all of his friends had during the time., because televisions were somewhat of a luxury commodity during the early 50’s. They were affordable he said, but just many people didn't have the money to buy one. They only had three channels on their television, and ed snickered when he looked at the rote on the coffee table next to us. He said, “We didn't have the luxury of sitting on our ass and using the clicker, if we wanted to change the channel we had to get up and walk to the television.” He also talked about how the reception was often times cloudy and pixilated due to the cable network of that