Happy (very belated) birthday to us! Back in February of 2022 we celebrated the tenth anniversary of our blog. To celebrate, in this episode, we pull the curtain back a bit to talk with ten of the writers who have contributed to A CLOSER LISTEN since we began over a decade ago. Utilizing my idiosyncratic editing skills, I’ve conjured a virtual roundtable discussing the past, present, and future of ACL. We discuss the founding of the site, abandoning scoring, and all our sub-sites, mixes, and other projects that define us. Our discussion of video game music gives way to a reflection on film scores, and the relationship between sound and the visual more broadly, including artwork, packaging, and physical media. We recount what has made ACL distinct over the years, our openness to new sounds, the joys of ongoing discovery, our formative influences, and our signature blend of critical positivity.

The music for this episode was selected collectively, drawn from tracks that came up throughout our conversations. Scattered throughout the episode are also many 10 second clips I solicited from friends of the site back in 2014. I used them to make some “community sound collages” that I never properly shared, so it seemed fitting to include them here. 
	

Read more at https://acloserlisten.com/2023/07/16/sp-episode-29-critical-positivity-with-acl-podcast/

VOICES (in order of appearance)
Richard Allen
Gabriel Bogart
Joseph Sannicandro
Jeremy Bye
Samuel Rogers
Nayt Keane
Chris Redfearn-Murray
David Murrieta Flores
Maya Rose Merberg
Jennifer Smart


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⁠Sound Propositions⁠ is written, recorded, mixed, and produced by Joseph Sannicandro.

SOUND PROPOSITIONS (S03)

SP* Episode 29: CRITICAL POSITIVITY – with ACL [podcast]

Since 2012, A Closer Listen has claimed a specialized niche in the music industry: instrumental album reviews!  By concentrating on this above all else (singles, videos, concerts, interviews, lyric albums, announcements), we’ve built a healthy fanbase and a strong reputation.

If music is recorded and nobody listens, does it still make a sound?

New tracks tagged #Music Blogs