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Some further comments on the Save Our Sounds TV
program.
Overall, this show was a considerable improvement
over past TV coverages of topics about which I knew something. I'd give
them a B to B+ overall.
The various shortcomings and problems mentioned in
my earlier email and those of many others are probably a result of editing
down the accumulated tape to less than an hour.
What most program makers forget in the
urgency to get the program ready to air is that its secondary use is more
significant than its TV
presentation. It becomes an educational tool for use in
classrooms and by individuals. In the latter instance, the show becomes
immediately accepted as completely accurate unless the person using it has the
time and inclination to become more fully informed. The ripples that incorrect
and incomplete information make will resound until there is a later program that
covers the topic still more fully.
I operate a small sound preservation studio and
spend much time explaining these issues to the casual inquirer as it
relates to their particular items. I find myself filling in the
partial information they already have so they can better understand why it takes
so long and therefore "why it costs so much."
Many of our list members are
ear-focussed first and have trouble understanding how much more powerful
information taken in by eye is to the general public.
I'd love to see this program expanded to create a learning tool for future
sound preservation training. Could this be done relatively inexpensively
by using the edited out material and adding to it? And who would pay for
it? =========================
Steven Smolian 301-694-5134 Smolian Sound Studios --------------------------------------------------- CDs made from old recordings, Five or one or lifetime hoardings, Made at home or concert hall, Text and pics explain it all. at www.soundsaver.com ========================= |