Sound of Silence

I like the idea of using song lyrics! Also I laughed near the end of your further recording when you said "echoed", because the whole thing sounded a little echo-ey. As you said, both recordings were pretty easy to understand, but the closer recording gave a much better sound.

I like the near one better, it sounds clearer and I more focused on what you are reading. In the second one, since your voice is not loud enough and there are other sounds in the background, which distract me from your reading. I even tried to pay attention to what is going on in the background.

I actually thought the reverb effect from the room you recorded the far one in was kind of cool. It makes it harder to understand, and really isn't appropriate for S&G's calm lyrics, but in a different circumstance it could be used as a tool to make an effect.

I love this song so much. The closer recording sounds so much better, none of the extra echo-y sounds that come from being so far away from the speaker's mouth. Probably has to do with the fact that before the voice reaches the mic, it has already bounced off from the walls and is reaching the microphone from different directions.

Okay, for one, I just wanna say I LOVE that song! I definitely liked the nearer one more. It almost sounded like a professional recording. I'm really amazed by how you had absolutely no noise whatsoever in your near recording. I think your further recording really captures the entire 'reflected sound' idea. As such, you chose how far you went well.