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HBM112: Negative Space

Jeff listens to the spaces inbetween words to see if the answers to his problems are buried there.

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By Jeff Emtman • Feb 13, 2019 • 21m Listen

Back when HBM host Jeff Emtman was a photographer, he used to solve his problems with walks in the woods. There, he’d see the ways that branches frame the sky. As an artistic concept, negative space gets hogged a lot by the visual arts. In this episode, Jeff attempts to wrestle the concept into the sonic world; address his current problems by listening to the spaces between words and by listening to the ambiences of a semi-empty, possibly haunted hotel.

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