This piece starts promising. You hear a little girl (7 1/2 years old) talking about her love of animals, and finding a baby robin in her yard. The tape is raw (p-pops and distortion) but it's OK at first..... I love little kids voices
... after about a minute, however, I found myself getting restless. I was expecting a story, a reason I was hearing this girl talk about the bird. I was waiting for a narrative, but it never comes. The piece needs a story. Without it, there is not a reason for me to keep listening. The important and difficult question the producer needs to answer is: Why do we care? Why should I care about what this little girl is talking about? I think a good way to find an answer to the question is for the producer to ask herself why she cares, and then use this tape of the girl as a starting point. This tape is, I think, the beginning of a piece, or an element of a piece.... but it needs more to keep me and others listening.