Soundscape Final Thoughts

I honestly see it as a success. I avoided being on the nose but most people actually got the proper idea about it. I actually enjoyed some of the confusion because that meant that I didn't tell too boring of a story, and it means that people were actually forced to think about it. The vibes I intended to give off did so successfully. A lot of people were saying it was quiet in the beginning but I feel like there are 2 possibilities. They weren't wearing headphones or my headphones are different from there's in picking up sound. I felt like some could be balanced out better to be fair, but overall it wasn't like I couldn't hear anything. It kinda sucked that people were critiquing it before it started just to fill out the list. Made some of the critiques seem less valid to me in a way because they were complaining about something they didn't even know was intentional or not. The theme of death seemed to fly out the window for everyone, I mean we even didn't read the title of my work. Given there were 2 but I had them both up there and would've explained that I changed it from worry that Metallica was going to have my head. Especially since we were putting it on Soundcloud. I wish I had/had used more sounds to set up the idea of being in this dingy apartment. I can see it so clearly in my head but without any type of my own context, I get how some people could be lost at the beginning. I mean even my teacher thought we were outside to start. But overall I'm happy everyone felt the emotion of "this isn't right" and I think that was my goal. I guess I was focused more on the sad part than the uncomfortable but without the context of why you should be sad, it didn't make sense. I wonder how many people picked up on the actual storyline, or at least the hospital scene. But overall I'm just happy mine stood out from everyone else's. I was getting really tired of the day of life in boulder because that's where the sounds came from, of course they're going to fit. I'm happy I was able to take mine and tell a completely different story even if it wasn't entirely understood it was still experienced. And I enjoy that fact the most. My favorite compliment was "I’m not sure if this was the goal, but this literally makes me feel like I’m having an anxiety attack lol. And if that was the goal, I think you did an amazing job." So I guess it was experienced better than it was at painting a picture in the mind. I'm happy with my work though