Word: soundness
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...world of independent music is getting smaller. Or, to put it more clearly, that once-expansive, comb-like maze filled with hidden experiments, sounds, and genres has been excavated and magnified to the point where it no longer has discernible features or points of reference. Iconic labels like SST and K Records, whose mission statement spoke fundamentally to the ethic of “Do It Yourself” and otherwise progress-in-obscurity, have been reorganized—transformed from cultural agents to cultural artifacts—in the shadows of the pseudo-indie juggernauts, Sub Pop and Matador...
...rhythmic sound of the sewing machine punctuates the silence before puttering to a stop. “Sometimes it doesn’t like stretchy fabrics,” she says, as she is forced to rethread the machine. But by four, the dress is finished...
...solo efforts have been decidedly less exciting than the tracks on which he plays the supporting role. Legend tends to come across as a baby-faced, heart-on-sleeve singer-songwriter in his own releases; he’s popular for the pared-down, piano-and-vocals sound typified by his first hit single, “Ordinary People.” This is not to say that his honest style hasn’t worked for him—he has collected five Grammys so far—but his successful sound lacks the dazzle and sex appeal...
...music—if you could call the sound of naked feet stomping in water “music”—starts, and Peck encourages the fledgling CitySteppers to “take a nice, brisk walk through and among each other...
...moving to the sound of water,” Sabrina T. Peck ’84 says in dramatic hushed tones to an awkwardly misshapen circle of undergraduates. “Let the idea of water touch your being. Let it inspire you as you’re working...