I was definitely confused right from the start. The dissonant voices caught me off guard, and at first I thought something was wrong with the recording, or I had broken my computer. After I’d realised this was part of the recording, I tried to listen to each voice alone, but this was made hard by the alternating levels of each voice. When Gould himself starts speaking it was a relief to hear a dominant voice. As a hook, the opening seemed confusing.
Listening to Gould’s voiceover was much more pleasant and his script proved to be a lot more engaging than the strange opening soundscape. The following narration by the other participants was just as interesting, like a well told story. In that way it seemed delightfully simple a piece, and thus easy to follow along.