1.  In Krukowski’s “Love” episode of Ways of Seeing, he shares his past personal experiences on the fidelity of analog phone calls. He informs me on the information lost in digital phone calls in the modern age. Krukowski does a great job in explaining the function of sound and how we interpret it, such as the proximity effect. Low end is annunciated when the person is near a microphone while the high end is annunciated when further away. Krukowski then briefly pauses and invites us to reflect on the meaning of language, “When we share our voices, whether through song or speech. Aren’t we always saying more than our words? We’re sharing sounds so basic to our understanding that they proceed language.”. Krukowski is not giving us an answer here but is pointing out something we see with hindsight. There’s more to speech besides language, such as inflection, proximity, space, etc. These are important factors as they provide us with information beyond what is said. Inflections tell us if it’s a question or statement, proximity tells us how far the source is, any form of reverb which can give us a sense of space. These are all elements of speech that get lost with digital technology through compression which removes dynamics in volume, EQ to remove unnecessary low end that’s not needed for speech recognition and noise gates to removes unwanted noise that could be picked up. All we hear is the spoken language.
2. The most interesting topic that’s explored is the social aspects of sex and language and how that impacts A.S.M.R.’s perception to the public. I never put into words my thoughts on our languages limitations on expressing the grey areas of love and pleasure. Jamie Lauren Keiles’ provides an example, if you enjoy getting your feet touched, that doesn’t necessarily mean you go to shoe stores for fun. There is a name for people who seek that–eccentrics,  perverts. Since the language used to describe A.S.M.R. share the same language in those gray areas, being sexualized is an inevitability.

At the beginning of the “Power” episode, Damon Krukowski asserts, “the marginal-the rejected-the repressed-is whatever the powerful have decided is of no use at the moment.” He goes on to ask, “But might it [the marginal-the rejected-the repressed] not be a key to alternate approaches-to art, to society-to power itself?” (“Marginalized” is an adjective that describes a person, group, or concept that is treated as insignificant or peripheral.)  What is he trying to get at with this question? How does music indicate the differences between the powerful and the marginalized?

In “Ways of Hearing Episode 3 – LOVE”, Damon Krukowski states “that digital sound impedes our perception of those sonic qualities that help us experience intimacy”. He explains how intimacy is not the same through digital phones because it does not capture every sound. He explains how the advancement of technology has lost its intimacy feeling because of how engineers have amplified the sound because they have smaller data packages so they can travel around the world. Krukoski states “The sound of our voices in our voices have gotten worse since we switch to digital…” I disagree  with this because technology has advanced to the point where is much better than it was before. We can now make long distance calls across the world and you actually hear the persons voice no problem. Digital phones have the ability to connect to headphones and you can hear that persons voice to clearly, you can now put your phone on speaker and do other things while on the phone with that person. You can multitask and use your phone to talk and play games. Technology has advanced in many good ways, there still is intimacy in digital calls because we have things like facetime where you can see the person one and one and just laugh and joke around. In my opinion our voices have not gotten worse, but have gotten louder and more clear for the person on the other side to hear you no matter how far they are.

One interesting thing that I found in “How A.S.M.R became a sensation” is that it is a braingasm. ASMR can affect how a person feels and can change their mood based on sounds. Sounds are such a powerful thing and this is prove of that because sound has the ability to make a person feel relaxed, cause less stress just based of ASMR. I myself actually like ASMR videos or sounds because it helps me relax and relieve stress. It calms me down and help me not stress to much about all my real life problems. It is like a whole different world where its just peace.

According to Krukowsi’s podcast, Ways of Hearing, episode 3 – Love, he talks about the dynamics of our voice and sound and how its utilized into our digital world. He points out that language is like a musical melody which I agree. Music is incorporated into almost everything in this world and language is rhythmical. In the podcast, the relation of music and language was discussed, it stated that “Linguistics professors these days, forget the music aspect of language”. We speak in a systematic pattern that is the foundation of language, which we learned to interpret. He also points out that the quality of sound has decreased with the increase of technology and that can affect the meaning of the words we use. Nothing amounts to being in the presence of someone listening to them “reconstructing” them naturally.
 

What I find the most interesting in this article is how sound can be used as an aid to help those sleep. Hearing the rain hit surfaces has much more affect than you would believe. It sparks those tingling sensations, and you feel at ease just off the sound. Sound is powerful as it can be used to set an ambience which alters the mood you’re in. People click on ASMR videos for relief from something I suppose.  

1.In this episode ‘love’ “way of hearing”, Damon Krukowski acknowledge that “proximation  through analog and digital audio phone. He are comparing connection between people and these analog phone sound, digital phone”. Analog and cell phone don’t don’t make range of sound.  And, Digital phone is huge efficient and easier to share our voice around the world, but it this digital sound push away quality . I have mix feeling about it.  I agree with Krukowski way of concede that analog and cellphone don’t have full range of voice. its don’t have clear tune. Another hand, I don’t agree with Krukowski, ” digitalization is getting worse’. Digitalization is more effective . we can conversation facetime entire the world which make us closeness. We are taking online classes this during pandemic. Krukowski also says that ” sound of voice build a proximation”, every single people have different voice which give different feeling to other people. For example, my small daughter voice so sweet it makes me relax and stress relief. Another side, my mother-in-law’s voice give anxiety  because I feel her voice irritation.

2. As the article “How A.S.M.R Became sensation”, describe that perception, sensation. when  we see, hear, touch, smell, it  stimulus our brain and we response it. There some scientific data and experiment about A.S.M.R. it produces variety of sounds that make people feel relax, calm and enjoyable, and sleep. However, I saw the video in about A.S.M.R  that didn’t make me relax it tingle me.

Damon Krukowski shows how the voice of the person can change behind a microphone this is because the sound was transferred to a digital platform this can have the effect of being able to change the voice like that of a robust man, make it more acute that is what The same as when an artist enters a chamber to be able to record an album, example is the autotuning thing that can simplify your voice but in my opinion I think that the most interesting part about sound in the history of ASMR is that it can be used to reduce the anxiety. because I know a person with this case who suffer from anxiety and for them to be able to relax, use the method of music.

In Krukowski’s podcast “Ways of Hearing” he explores the concept of privatized spaces, one of them being personal bubbles. It hadn’t dawned on me till I heard Kurkowski’s description of today’s modern climate, but as someone who can’t go outside without music in their ears; I agree that people voluntarily engage into these safe spaces with intent of removing themselves. As I reflect personally on my own experiences, I remember the times I’ve chosen to remove my earphones because I became conscious of my lack of awareness. It’s as if not being in tune with my surroundings can cause spikes of anxiety. When one’s senses are deprived, the deficit can distort one’s perception of their own reality. With many people practicing the same habits, there has been a societal shift in how we interact with others on the outside. We now market audio products with terms like soundproof. There’s business in enhancing these personal spaces. I’ve found myself cranking the volume to the max on my earphones so I could combat the loud interior of a train. I never engage with any strangers because I’m uncomfortable with the idea of forcing someone out of an experience they’ve opted to be in. In a lot of ways our society has normalized the use of personalized safe spaces.

I think Damon Krukowski proves his point In how your voice can change in the microphone and being more sexually by just hearing the person voice, making you feel like the person is next to you! In my opinion, it can be compared to a.s.m.r but in words then objects. He also explains how it can make you imagine the person next to you and make a connection through the voice on the microphone.
After reading the article, I learned more about what is a.s.m.r and how it makes some people feel just with the smallest sounds of different things. It makes you feel a tingly or sensation in the brain. After watching the .s.m.r, it gave me anxiety. I really didn’t enjoy some do enjoy. I really didn’t feel anything. It just got me to feel nervous about the noises they were making; maybe is just me. But it is interesting how it got the name and how it became a sensation for a lot of people.

1) Damon Krukowski’s is right that substantially inadequately describes intimacy through analog and digital audio sound. He has valid points in comparing designs when talking on analog phones than digital phones that your voice can change because of how different they are. However, Krukowski is probably wrong when he claims that “Digital tools make it possible to share our words across great distances, but they fail us in so many ways as we try to communicate one to one.” When you talk on face time, you can see the person’s face. Also, you can share special moments like birthday celebrations with family and friends and feel that you are right there with them when, in reality, you are thousands of miles away.
2)The most important part of the New York Times’ short story is how Jennifer Allen brought out the original name “ASMR Group” and enrolled it on Facebook. Some viers might say they find these youtube videos helpful to sleep, but I did not find it relaxing. When I saw the video of the A.S.M.R., it made me feel uncomfortable, especially to hear those crunching sounds. It made my body stiff in an awkward position, and it wasn’t coherent to my hearing’s balance because the sounds heard were different from my left to my right ear. For me, I find that hearing sound waves or birds chirping or wind blowing leaves on a tree is more soothing and synchronized with nature.