Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Len Spencer... speaker for speech
Leonard Garfield Spencer[1] (February 12, 1867 – December 15, 1914) was an early American recording artist. He recorded numerous popular songs in the pre-1920s, the most popular of which was "Arkansaw Traveler" (sic) (1902). The song is an early novelty record and consists of a back-and-forth banter with an Arkansas local who is playing a fiddle. Examples from the conversation include asking "How far is it to the next crossroads?", to which the answer is given, "You just follow your nose and you’ll come to it." He asks, "How long have you lived here?" The answer, "See that mule? It was here when I got here." In another, he asks him why he doesn’t fix the leak in his roof, to which the man replies that it’s been raining. He then asks why he doesn’t fix it when it isn’t leaking. The answer, it doesn’t leak when it doesn’t rain. The song ends with him completing the fiddle tune for the Arkansan.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
speech
_ Why was/is the speech important to society? The speech was so important to society because people could hear different kinds of sound through this invention. Speeches, musics, plays and other forms of information and entertainment could be heard worldwide and by anyone, not just those lucky enough to experience them live.
_ Why do you feel in is important or interesting? These speech/event/invention changed history. It changed history because people could experience entertainment from the comfort of their home unlike any other experience they have had before.
_ What is the emotion, mood, tone, personality, feeling of the speech? It has a classic feeling with words filled with promise.
_ What is intonation, emphasis, what is loud, stressed, or soft. Where are there pauses... The whole speech feels grand and quite loud. Len Spencer voice is filled with confidence and make the listener believe every word he is saying. That said nothing is soft and quite a few words are stressed.
_ What do you FEEL should be loud or soft, long pause or ruhed? I feel the part in the speech where he says "My voice is the clearest, smoothest and most natural of any talking machine. The name of my famous master is on my body, and tells you that I am a genuine Edison phonograph. The more you become acquainted with me, the better you will like me. Ask the dealer." should be paused before to make more of an impact.
_ Is there a call to action? When listening to it what are key/emphasized words? The key words I would emphasize the different types of sounds you can hear when listening to this machine.
_ How does it make you feel? This speech gives me a classic feeling with words filled with promise.
_ How do imagine that the audience felt? I believe the audience felt much the same why as I did .. but more hopeful in the promises Len Spencer was vocally making.
_ Could there be another interpretation of the speech? Another interpretation of the speech could just be that this speech is a big gimmick so just sell another product.
