Signal to noise: at the cutting edge of artful sound design in radio
Sound, noise, music and silence: let's spiral into a world where these definitions are blurred. For Paolo Pietropaolo, stories are woven with so much more than words. He's an award-winning documentary maker, composer, and has been at the cutting edge of artful sound design in radio for over a decade.
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The Doc Project27:30Signal to noise: producing artful sound design in radio
Sound, noise, music and silence: let's spiral into a world where these definitions are blurred.
For Paolo Pietropaolo, stories are woven with so much more than words. He's an award-winning documentary maker, composer, and has been at the cutting edge of artful sound design in radio for over a decade. In this episode we enter Paolo's world — and get inside his creative brain.
BONUS MATERIAL
The Wire: The Impact of Electricity on Music
In conjunction with Paolo Pietropaolo's documentary, we've brought back the full series of The Wire — this form-breaking 2005 documentary radio series co-produced by Paolo Pietropaolo, Chris Brookes and Jowi Taylor will have your brain buzzing with the potential for using sound and music to tell stories.
The Doc Project53:00The Wire - Ep. 1: Hallo, Hallo (Recording, broadcasting and the microphone)
Originally aired: February, 2005.
The Doc Project53:00The Wire - Ep. 2: The Change of the Sound (Multitracking and the tape machine)
Originally aired: February, 2005.
The Doc Project53:00The Wire - Ep. 3: Going Electric (The story of the electric guitar)
Originally aired: February, 2005.
The Doc Project53:00The Wire - Ep. 4: Good Vibrations (Electronic sounds and synthesizers)
Originally aired: February, 2005.
The Doc Project53:00The Wire - Ep. 5: The Sound Around (Background listening and ambient music)
Originally aired: March, 2005.
The Doc Project53:00The Wire - Ep. 6: Welcome to the Machine (Remixing, sequencing and the drum machine)
Originally aired: March, 2005.
The Doc Project53:00The Wire - Ep. 7: The Wheels of Steel (The art of turntablism)
Originally aired: March, 2005.
The Doc Project53:00The Wire - Ep. 8: The Digital Democracy of Sound (Sampling, filesharing and the future of music)
Originally aired: March, 2005.
More about The Wire
The Wire is an eight-part radio series that aired in 2005 and explored the impact of electricity on music. Incorporating interviews, music and sound in an innovative way, The Wire is a totally immersive audio experience that's somewhere between a documentary and remixed music. It won a Peabody Award, the 2005 Prix Italia, and episode five won the Directors Choice Award at the Third Coast audio festival.
About the producer
Paolo Pietropaolo Paolo Pietropaolo is a freelance journalist, broadcaster, composer and writer based in Vancouver. Paolo's radio documentaries and productions have been awarded two Prix Italia and a Peabody Award – the highest accolades in broadcasting – as well as several other awards. Paolo's voice has been heard regularly on CBC Radio since 2001. He is currently the host of In Concert on CBC Radio 2.
