Juan Carlos,
Thanks for sharing. These videos put forth thoughts that a lot of us
have while out in the field. I know that Bernie and Martyn have also
been major players in the move to preserve quietude in nature.
One of the points made was about the many vanishing locations where
recordings can still be made. It's getting harder and harder to find
those pristine soundscapes. I still know of quite a few good
locations and keep discovering more as I have time to explore.
Clearly there are a lot more than 10 quiet places in the United
States. If any of you come to visit Utah I will be happy to get you
out to some of them. Aircraft are the big problem though, its so
hard to get away from overflights.
Another point that might be helpful for those of you just getting
started in recording: There are quiet TIMES even in otherwise noisy
places. I have recorded beautiful soundscapes between 4-6:30 AM
right in the middle of crowded campgrounds in Yosemite and Olympic
NPs, the secret is recording before the campers awaken (and not being
near a snorer.) It's not the ideal but sometimes you can get some
sounds. In spring the birds are quite vocal in the predawn.
A major problem is that there are some entire habitat types that seem
prone to human noise intrusion. Sure, I can get you to a quiet aspen
grove or sage desert, but what about all the other habitat types? A
quiet wetland is very challenging to find in the west because people
go where the water is.
Kevin
On Sep 11, 2008, at 2:13 AM, Juan Carlos Blancas Avil=E9s wrote:
> Hi Kim, there is a documentary about Gordon
> Hempton where he talks about this issue.
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> =A8The Soundtracker=A8, by Nickolas Sherman:
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> http://www.foufilms.com/Intro/Soundtracker.html
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D9AFG9B8gDrk
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> Best regards,
> jc
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> El 10/09/2008, a las 23:25, Kim Cascone escribi=F3:
> > so I was wondering if anyone on this list knew about his recordings
> > and whether or not his recordings were 'composed'
> > they sound like they were to a certain extent
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