theaudience were a British pop group of the late 1990s. They were founded by guitarist Billy Reeves, formerly of indie group Congregation. The group was fronted by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and achieved some success with their new wave-style records. They split after Reeves, the main songwriter, left in 1999. Bextor would eventually start a solo career and have much success. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Sophie Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is a British singer. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in American, Australian and British popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, growing out of the New York City punk rock scene, itself centered around...
Discography
Singles
"I Got The Wherewithal" (UK chart #170)
"If You Can't Do It When You're Young; When Can You Do It?" (#48)
"A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed" (#27)
"I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" (#25)
Album
theaudience (#19) (early CDs came with a bonus disc of alternate versions)
By contrast to TheCollective, which is built with bi-directional, many-to-many communication, TheAudience is built with mono-directional, one-to-many communication.
What's radically new about TheAudience on the digital network is that people can respond--they can reply back to you, modify your text in collaboration, or steal your ideas and build on it; this either invades your sense of identity or reinforces the experience of WebExhibitionism inherent in radically publicizing your life.
In fact, it makes your LifeInText a negotiation with your readers, TheAudience; this is the opposite expectation of many.
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