Martyn,
If I knew you were coming out for that event, I may even show up... just
an hour and a half from here...
All the best,
Jeff
Martyn Stewart wrote:
>Incidentally, the Tannahill Weavers are down your way on the 2nd October,
>Nevada City, California: Nevada Co. Fairgrounds.
>
>I might just get down there to see that lads again :)
>
>Martyn
>
>Martyn Stewart
>Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
>http://www.naturesound.org
>
>N47.65543 W121.98428
>Redmond. Washington. USA
>Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
>
>425-898-0462
>-----Original Message-----
>From:
> On Behalf Of Wild Sanctuary
>Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 9:09 AM
>To:
>Subject: RE: [Nature Recordists] Re: California forest and desert locations
>
>I was once a member of a folk singing group (The Weavers) having
>replaced Pete Seeger in that quartet. At our Carnegie Hall concert in
>1963, Lee Hays, the bass voice and moderator, entered the stage and
>said before a full house, "Oh for the good ol' days when we had
>nothing to fear but fear, itself."
>
>Bernie
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>
>
>><<Recordists and folks w/ lots of "funny" equipment are occasionally
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>subject
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>>to suspicion and a certain expression of fear - especially by some locals -
>>given the Partiot Act and climate outside of the general weather. Stay
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>alert
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>>'cause it ain't the western diamondback rattlers you need to be aware
>>of.>>>>
>>
>>Good grief Bernie, are them there hics out there too? Ah spit!!
>>
>>Martyn
>>
>>Martyn Stewart
>>Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
>>http://www.naturesound.org
>>
>>N47.65543 W121.98428
>>Redmond. Washington. USA
>>Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
>>
>>425-898-0462
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From:
>> On Behalf Of Wild Sanctuary
>>Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 6:57 AM
>>To:
>>Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: California forest and desert locations
>>
>>Depending on what you want to get in the desert, the best California
>>location I've found is in and around the Granite Mtns abt 70 miles
>>west of Needles on Hwy 40. Take the Kelbaker Rd. north about 8 miles
>>to the top of Granite Pass. At the top you'll see a
>>telecommunications relay tower on your right (to the east of the
>>road). Just across is an unmaintained dirt road (4WD that doesn't
>>high-center is recommended). There are many campsights off to the
>>south of the road against the Granites (if you want a fire, bring
>>your own wood supply). All maintained as part of the new Kelso
>>national park system, the campsights are unregulated but accessible
>>within easy walking distance of either mountain desert habitats with
>>lots of critter life, or the desert, itself (part of the Mojave
>>ecosystem) within hiking distance of the campsights off to the north
>>and west. To the north about 10 miles are the Kelso Dunes, one of the
>>sites in the desert SW where you can record the dunes singing
>>assuming conditions are right and you have the right transducers (a
>>pair of good PZM mics or hydrophones in ziploc bags of water buried
>>in the sand in order to get the infrasound component at around 10Hz).
>>Best window to record is between late March and May. There's also a
>>National Park Service visitor center north of the dunes on the
>>Kelbaker Rd at Kelso where we've just installed a couple of
>>soundscapes representing the desert in that area. It is scheduled to
>>be open sometime in August of this year.
>>
>>As for forest: that depends on what type. The coastal range of the
>>Los Padres between Big Sur and Cambria can be lovely - especially the
>>Ventana Wilderness area. Inland from San Luis Obispo and NE of Santa
>>Maria on the eastern side of the Los Padres Nat. Forest are a couple
>>of wilderness areas that can be pretty great depending on season and
>>weather. One is the La Panza Range within which is the Machesna Mtn
>>Wilderness area and consists of mixed coniferous, oak and scrub oak
>>forest. Take food and prepare to camp. The roads are sometimes iffy.
>>4WD for any off-road recommended and watch for private property
>>signs. Recordists and folks w/ lots of "funny" equipment are
>>occasionally subject to suspicion and a certain expression of fear -
>>especially by some locals - given the Partiot Act and climate outside
>>of the general weather. Stay alert 'cause it ain't the western
>>diamondback rattlers you need to be aware of.
>>
>>Bernie
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>>>Desert and Forest.
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>>>
>>>>In what type of biome do you want to record, Michael? Desert,
>>>>riparian, coastal, scrub, forest, etc.?
>>>>
>>>>Bernie Krause
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I was wondering if anyone could recommend some good recording locales
>>>>>in southern california.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Microphones are not ears,
>>>>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>> >>>A listening room is not nature."
>>
>>
>>>>>Klas Strandberg
>>>>>Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Wild Sanctuary
>>>>P. O. Box 536
>>>>Glen Ellen, CA 95442
>>>>t. 707-996-6677
>>>>f. 707-996-0280
>>>>http://www.wildsanctuary.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Microphones are not ears,
>>>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>>>>A listening room is not nature."
>>>>Klas Strandberg
>>>>Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>"Microphones are not ears,
>>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>>>A listening room is not nature."
>>>Klas Strandberg
>>>Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>--
>>Wild Sanctuary
>>P. O. Box 536
>>Glen Ellen, CA 95442
>>t. 707-996-6677
>>f. 707-996-0280
>>http://www.wildsanctuary.com
>>
>>
>>"Microphones are not ears,
>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>>A listening room is not nature."
>>Klas Strandberg
>>Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"Microphones are not ears,
>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>>A listening room is not nature."
>>Klas Strandberg
>>Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
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