Sound pressure

This movie is filled with references and allusions way outside of the time period in which the events are depicted to occur. Many things ranging from music choices to remarks are outside of the time period and put there purposely for literary advantages. These advantages range from small things, such as humour, all the way to the serious and important reasons. The movie is filled with music way beyond its time. The opening scene is a joust with the song 'We Will Rock You' by Queen playing…

improvement. According to Sheth (2014), “Listening is the ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process.” 1 It seems so simple, stop talking and stop thinking about what you want to say. Listening is more than hearing sounds, it requires focus on the part of the listener. If one wants to be a truly effective listener, consider putting the 10 rules of effective listening into practice. The rules can be found here;…

24. Julian Treasure started off by talking about an interesting quote from the Hindus, which translated to “The world is sound”. Julian then goes on to mention a statistic on how everything around us is vibrating. I think this is a good hook in the way it grabs the viewer’s attention and gives a clear explanation on what the speaker is going to talk about. 25. He starts off by saying how listening is an active skill and that how hearing is a passive skill. So basically, you hear all the time,…

The sound of metal clicking into place and the black straps of the harness tightening around me immediately makes my stomach tighten with anxiety. I frantically look over my shoulder to see my uncle and Heather, holding video cameras and smiling wide with anticipation. He says something I don’t quite catch through the sound of heavy rain; people chattering amongst each other; and of course my own nervous thoughts. I can't help but focus on how the equipment digs into me and how sweaty my hands…

Introduction to vinyl What do you hear when you hear to word vinyl? Do you think of those old records that would play music on a spinning platform with a needle; well you're wrong. Vinyl is just a fancy word for sticker, but it’s not a sticker. Unlike stickers vinyl will stick to a surface for a very long time if you take care of it. Also a sticker is made out of paper with a sticky adhesive and can be remove. Removing a stick involves a lot more work that vinyl. You have to peel it off but now…

Communication competence requires both knowledge and the performance, according to Spitzberg (1988) ‘communicative competence is the ability to interact well with others, the term “well” refer to a positively valence judgement of quality (Intrinsic Attractiveness – positive valence, or Aversiveness – negative valence)’. For majority of the people communication is just a talk or conversation, it’s a natural event. Communication focuses on how we use message to generate our meaning within and…

Scarlett was lying to her bed trying to fall asleep, but she couldn't. All she could hear was the whistle of the wind, the crashing of the thunder, and the hard rain hitting her roof. As soon as she closed her eyes, she felt a cold breeze rush passed her. The rush of air spooked her and turned around to see red glowing eyes staring at her from the corner of her room. Scarlett froze in fear as the dark figure with glowing eyes walked throunds her, she tried to say sometime, but couldn't.…

of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, TV-10 and Blugold Radio, a new program called Sounds of the Valley has been created to highlight local artists. Eli Klatt, a student at UW-Eau Claire, first joined TV-10 as a freshman, but was forced to make a choice between putting his time into TV-10 and Blugold Radio. Ultimately, Klatt chose to pursue his passion with Blugold Radio, but still found a way to contribute to TV-10. By creating Sounds of the Valley, Klatt is able to interview and record local artists as…

The boy was asleep. Simply put, he had fallen asleep after doing four hours of homework, now, however, a door was begging to open. “Kousei! Hey! Watari and I wanna say hi and hang out- open the door!” The boy, Kousei, sighed once again before answering the door for his friends. “Hey Tsubaki, hey Watari, why are you two here?” “I wanted to hang out and Watari said that he didn’t have anything else to do, so I dragged him over,” the small girl at the door said, a large grin plastered onto her face…

My name is Elda Feratovic and I am a sophomore at St. Francis College. Being that it is my second year as an undergraduate, I have dedicated my studies in Biology in hope to later concentrate in the Nursing field. Throughout my lifetime, music has definitely developed deep into my soul in which I believe has been pondered by an indirect communication between distinct artists and myself in which I found messages within their songs. Being a college student, listening to music has nearly become a…