In the space I created, I intended for the audience to feel as if they are one of the passengers on the bus. In the sound space, I layered in various clips from a conversation with a bus driver named Lewis. Lewis did not want his voice to be used in the piece; therefore, the pitch and tempo of his dialogue have been changed. The clips are at slightly different amplitudes than the rest of the piece. Throughout the whole piece the ambient sound of the bus’s hum can be heard even while Lewis is speaking.
The first layered sound is Lewis stating his name. A little bit later on in the sound space, a clip where Lewis says he has been driving buses for thirty-five years is layered in. The last part from my conversation with Lewis is when he states the most interesting piece of information, which I used as a basis for my unobvious layers project. Lewis said that many people outside of campus, “city folks,” always try to ride Syracuse University’s buses for free.
The dialogue with Lewis was not hidden intentionally. Most people do not think much of the bus driver as they enter a bus; usually, people are just focused on themselves and what they have to do. In the sound space, Lewis’s sound clips are intended to draw the audiences’ attention to the bus driver, who seems to ordinarily get lost on the bus. His comment about riding the buses is something that many people do not necessarily think about while on the bus. If this information were to be revealed to a broader audience, then maybe there would be more awareness about this issue. It may help to prevent people from riding campus buses for free and help bus drivers like Lewis to have an easier job.
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