audience response

Sound recording of the audience at a rap concert responding in rhythm to a song; the performer purposefully omits a word, which the audience repeats to "fill in." Omitting a word, prompting the audience to fill in the empty space with that word, is a common technique used by musicians of many genres performing live to provide audience engagement. Recorded on a Zoom Microphone.

Sound recording on Zoom device explaining the hows and whys of audience participation in spoken word.

Sound recording on Zoom audio recorder of Destiny Hemphill performing spoken word poetry and receiving snaps from the audience as a form of appreciation.

This an audio excerpt from a video of Pastor Janet Floyd, sourced from youtube, in which she encourages her congregation to send up praise to God through clapping, amens, and other audible participation.

Sound recording on Zoom recording device of Destiny Hemphill from Duke University's Spoken Verb.

Juxtaposition of two different audience responses to slam poetry: snapping and clapping. Lily Myers' poem "Shrinking Women" at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational at Wesleyan University.