It ain't just Apple. In this case Apple may be following NARAS
criteria. Since 1991, I've tried to engage the Grammy folks (NARAS),
during the time I was an active member, with the concept of including
nature sounds as a category. I've spent weeks of time writing
proposals and answering questions for the board. After all that work
the answer that always came back to me was that there weren't enough
members in NARAS (National Association of Recording Arts & Sciences)
who knew enough about field recording and consequent production
(values) to establish this as a category. Perhaps, then, a logical
answer would be to form an affinity group within this field and all
of us join (or re-join) NARAS in large enough numbers to mitigate
that concern for the board. Any thoughts?
Bernie Krause
On Aug 14, 2008, at 7:52 AM, Kevin Colver wrote:
> Grant,
> Thank you for sharing. You've got a treasure trove of sounds, I can
> see that I'll enjoy my time exploring your podcasts!
>
> What a disappointment that no "Nature Sound" category exists in the
> music industry. After all, natural sound is THE original music
> genre. Any other music is derived, it's all a spin-off from a primal
> source. This is not "New Age" sound, some of these sounds are
> extremely ancient, older than we as a species. Some non-biologic
> natural sounds are older than life itself.
>
> The photo world seems to recognize nature photography, science
> recognizes the natural world, literature categorizes nature books,
> "green" politics is coming of age, and videographers produce nature
> videos. The music world is so caught up in itself and is so busy
> congratulating itself and it's popular musicians that it seems blind
> to the natural world and the developing field of natural sound
> recording. I once shared a home-made natural sound CD with a high
> school music teacher, his comment was: "Where is the music?" Why are
> so many musicians fixated on the sounds of their own making? The
> music is all around us.
>
> Here is my challenge to Apple, iTunes, and the world of professional
> music production; to open your ears and hearts and recognize the
> value of the music of this planet. Welcome aboard. I believe you
> will find this a very pleasant challenge to accept!
>
> Kevin
>
> On Aug 14, 2008, at 2:23 AM, grantfinlay wrote:
>
> > I've just submitted my podcast to itunes and had it accepted.
> > Not a big thing but I spent a while trying to figure out what
> heading
> > to put it under. After pondering the choices I ended up going for
> > "society and culture".
> > Maybe not the best choice but I don't consider my work to be "new
> age"
> > either....
> > What do/would you guys submit under?
> > FYI: most of my recordings are soundscapes or as we say in the film
> > word "atmos recordings"
> >
> > Regards,
> > Grant Finlay
> > http://grantfinlay.podomatic.com
> >
> > (itunes link)
> > http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?
> > id=288233820
> >
> >
> >
> >
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