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Audio documentary is a narrative non‑fiction form created specifically for listening. It blends reportage, interviews, archival tape, field recordings, narration, and montage to present real events, people, and ideas. Unlike audio drama, which stages fiction with actors, audio documentary prioritizes factual storytelling and journalistic ethics while borrowing dramatic structure, pacing, and sound design to deepen engagement. Its craft relies on careful research, on‑location sound, and editorial shaping to build scenes and a clear point of view.

Non-music is an umbrella category for recorded audio whose primary purpose is not musical performance. It encompasses spoken word, speeches, interviews, poetry readings, comedy, audio documentaries, instructional recordings, field recordings, sound effects, and other forms of organized sound meant to inform, narrate, document, or entertain without relying on melody or conventional song structure. Rather than emphasizing harmony, rhythm, and instrumentation, non-music foregrounds voice, text, ambient sound, narrative flow, informational content, and sonic texture. Its aesthetics range from raw, unedited actuality to highly produced studio works, and its scope spans archival preservation, education, performance art, and mass entertainment.