Nice use of sound at the top. Good quick introduction of subject. Raw feel, and the ambience brings me right into NYC. There's a nice drop out of the voice to allow the ambience to shine through. Well done.
This is constructed nicely, with the guy IDing himself after a scene-setting introduction. Interesting touch with the difference between a "sweat shine" and a "spit shine".
This piece could certainly run shorter - at 2:45, I'm wondering where this is going to go with the next couple of minutes. This would work nicely as a piece profiling NYC - the people of NYC. If the piece producer would allow it, I think cutting this down would increase its usability.
Nice piece featuring an easygoing narrator who dispenses advice (upon request) to customers while shining shoes in midtown Manhattan. Listeners who enjoy stories about often overlooked people & professions will definitely like hearing this one.
This is a patient and beautifully constructed piece that would be perfect wind down type of story for final half-hour of ATC and maybe more fitting for the weekend shows. It's an audio postcard with a skillfully crafted acoustic space that sets a full midtown Manhattan scene. This trafficked chaos is balanced by the elegant poise of minimalist jazz notes and the voice of a shoeshine poet--a pacific observer of life.
Comments for The Shine
Produced by Jamie York
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3 comments
Ben Trefny
Posted on January 15, 2006 at 12:24 PM | Permalink
Review of The Shine
Nice use of sound at the top. Good quick introduction of subject. Raw feel, and the ambience brings me right into NYC. There's a nice drop out of the voice to allow the ambience to shine through. Well done.
This is constructed nicely, with the guy IDing himself after a scene-setting introduction. Interesting touch with the difference between a "sweat shine" and a "spit shine".
This piece could certainly run shorter - at 2:45, I'm wondering where this is going to go with the next couple of minutes. This would work nicely as a piece profiling NYC - the people of NYC. If the piece producer would allow it, I think cutting this down would increase its usability.
Nice job, overall. I enjoyed listening to it.
megan barron
Posted on January 13, 2005 at 05:18 PM | Permalink
Review of The Shine
Nice piece featuring an easygoing narrator who dispenses advice (upon request) to customers while shining shoes in midtown Manhattan. Listeners who enjoy stories about often overlooked people & professions will definitely like hearing this one.
Brett Myers
Posted on November 29, 2004 at 10:30 AM | Permalink
Review of The Shine
This is a patient and beautifully constructed piece that would be perfect wind down type of story for final half-hour of ATC and maybe more fitting for the weekend shows. It's an audio postcard with a skillfully crafted acoustic space that sets a full midtown Manhattan scene. This trafficked chaos is balanced by the elegant poise of minimalist jazz notes and the voice of a shoeshine poet--a pacific observer of life.