#GoRadio 15: Statistical Listening
Today’s prompt comes from Fernando Arruda. (If you haven’t already, check out his earlier #GoRadio exercise here)
Listen to a few episodes of your favorite radio show or podcast and write down how many music cues they used in each episode, and the timecode where each music cue appeared. Do they use the same amount of music cues every episode? Is the frequency of how often music cues appears in the episodes a pattern, or does it vary depending on the episode?
Fernando Arruda is the sound designer, engineer, and composer for Reveal. He contributes to the scoring, recording, editing and mixing of the weekly public radio show and podcast. Prior to joining Reveal, Arruda toured as an international DJ and taught music technology at Dubspot and ESRA International Film School. He co-founded a film scoring boutique called Manhattan Composers Collective and worked at Antfood, a creative audio studio geared toward media and ad spots. Arruda worked with clients such as Marvel and Samsung and ad agencies such as Framestore, Trollbäck + Company, Buck and Vice. Arruda releases experimental music under the alias FJAZZ and has performed with many jazz, classical and pop ensembles such as Krychek, Dark Inc., the New York Arabic Orchestra and Art&Sax. His credits in the podcast and radio world include NPR’s “51 percent,” WNYC’s “Bad Feminist Happy Hour” and its live broadcast of Orson Welles’ “The Hitchhiker.” Arruda has scored extensively for theatrical, orchestral and chamber music formats, some of which have premiered worldwide. He holds a master’s degree in film scoring and composition from NYU Steinhardt, and currently plays saxophone at SFJAZZ Monday Night Big Band, for fun. Arruda is based in Reveal's Emeryville, California, office.