Watch & Learn: Touch the Sound — A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie

Touch the Sound is a documentary on percussionist Evelyn Glennie of hearing impaired. The documentary was produced in 2004, focusing on exploring her healthy experience and giving us insight into her world and personal influence on her music. This film produced by Thomas Riedelsheimer has won numerous awards in addition to Fred Frith, Jason 'The Fogmaster', Horacio 'El Negro' Hernandez, Za Ondekoza.

The center of the documentary is a collaboration between Evelyn Glennie and Fred Frith. They met at a sugar factory at a deserted house in Dormagen in Germany and completely recorded improvised albums. Most of the music I heard in this documentary came from the album "The Sugar Factory". Although this movie will not stay anywhere for a long time, it goes through Fuji (Japan), Aberdeenshire (Scotland), Dormagen (Germany), New York City (USA).

The interesting thing about this documentary is that Evelyn's victory as a musician is not due to contact with sound phenomena. The movie contains a lot of music, but that way is rather scientific rather than artistic, it has a certain magical quality about how the sound phenomenon and how humans are looking at it I will produce it. Evelyn's manners and choices of words only add to this mystery, which clearly shows that the relationship with her voice is almost instinctive and spiritual. As the title suggests, the film also focuses on the perception of sound, even if it does not sound. This is where Evelyn's story really is alive, when she recalled her childhood, was diagnosed for the first time he had lost his hearing for the first time, and when she faced the idea that she might never play music. . She talks about how parents overcome this, but as she tells a young female student with hearing disabilities to talk about drums, this decision is obvious, which was opened to a sensory experience It seems to be a lesson.

In addition to the enjoyment of dialogue between music, perception and sound, Touch the Sound is an attractive and unique audio-visual experience. It has the power to bring you back to the beautiful and strange world in the early 21st century. In about an hour, this movie will surely be an insightful clock for those who are interested in considering various ways to handle sounds and emotions.

Evelyn Glennie is a multi-percussionist. She can perfectly play about 1000 instruments. She can not hear that sound. Evelyn suffered from disability and became a source of inspiration for people with thousands of disabilities. She is very jealous. When it turned out to be hearing impaired, she was only 11 years old. She wants to continue her career in music but her teacher is disappointed with her and it recognizes her possibilities and helps her achieve her goals Is Ron Forbes. He recommended not to listen to her ears but to try it out in other ways. Soon she was very excited. She felt the vibration of the top drum from the waist and the drums from the waist down. Later she noticed that she could feel the vibration of the various parts of the body. These stimulate her skin, cheekbones and even hair. She learned to open the sound and vibration of her body and mind. Later, she never looked back.

Touch the Sound is a documentary on percussionist Evelyn Glennie of hearing impaired. The documentary was produced in 2004, focusing on exploring her healthy experience and giving us insight about her world and the personal influence music gives to her. This film produced by Thomas Riedelsheimer has won numerous awards in addition to Fred Frith, Jason 'The Fogmaster', Horacio 'El Negro' Hernandez, Za Ondekoza. The center of the documentary is a collaboration between Evelyn Glennie and Fred Frith. They met at a sugar factory at a deserted house in Dormagen in Germany and completely recorded improvised albums. Most of the music I heard in this documentary came from the album "The Sugar Factory". Although this movie will not stay anywhere for a long time, it goes through Fuji (Japan), Aberdeenshire (Scotland), Dormagen (Germany), New York City (USA).