Packaging is all-important these days, John. I'd throw in my two
cents for both the audio CD format and the DVD. Accessibility is all
important. Because of the relative availability of CDs for audio
reproduction, I'd probably want the CD.
My wife and I are off to the Galapagos and then the Rio Napo along
the eastern side of the Ecuadorian mountains in mid-January, where we
hope to record whole habitats (biophonies), weather and luck
permitting. As we're finding and as I explain in my new book/CD,
"Wild Soundscapes," the biophonic approach explains a great deal
about why and how birds (and other creatures) vocalize in the first
place. If you'd like to include those as part of the process in which
you're engaged, contact me directly.
All best,
Bernie Krause
Wild Sanctuary, Inc.
P. O. Box 536
Glen Ellen, California 95442-0536
Tel: (707) 996-6677
Fax: (707) 996-0280
http://www.wildsanctuary.com
>Dear Group Members,
>
>I am hoping to get some advice from as many as possible concerning my
>publications of Ecuador bird vocalizations. As many of you know, we
>( first just me
>,with much help from others, but later with other co-authors) have
>for the past
>several years published a series of first cassette and later CD publications
>featuring bird vocalizations from various life zones in Ecuador. We have
>published 4 cassettes on the Eastern Lowlands, 2 CD sets on the NW,
>1 CD set on the
>Highlands, a 2 cassette set on the Eastern Subtropics, and will be publishing
>w/in 30 days a 5 CD set on the SW. What we have left to do is the Eastern
>Foothills and an expanded CD set for the Eastern Lowlands. Many people have
>contributed to these publications.
>
>Also, as most of you know, Niels Krabbe has now published a comprehensive DVD
>featuring birds songs and calls of Ecuador in association with Sjoerd Mayer
>in the same format as Sjoerd's Bolivia, Venezuela, and Tropical Asia
>publications. Niels has been a contributor and co-author on many of
>my publications and
>I have happily contributed to his publication. We are friends, not
>competitors. My question to those of you familiar with our
>publications and the
>Neotropics is:
>
>Should John V. Moore Nature Recordings continue to publish Ecuador Regional
>publications in CD format or is the DVD format Sjoerd and Niels are using
>sufficient to make available these vocalizations to the entire range
>of birders?
>
>The alternative to continuing with the CD publications would be to
>immediately concentrate on making Niels DVD 100% complete in all
>areas. This is not to
>imply that Niels DVD is not incredibly good..it is. The other co-authors and I
>have hundreds of hours of recordings that could augment Niels DVD, but it is
>already a truly magnificent work. So, once again, the question is, is there a
>need for publications in a CD format in addition to the DVD format?
>And, if so,
>how great is the need?
>
>You can either reply to me directly or to the group if you think a discussion
>is warranted.
>
>Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>John
>
>John V. Moore Nature Recordings
>
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