Yes absolutely! I wish I could be back at Sugarloaf recording with
you Bernie. I could spend days working that little valley. For the
rest of you, Bernie has a beautiful home in natural surroundings and I
recommend his bed and breakfast type lodgings there. You will have
great and comfortable housing, delightful and knowledgeable hosts, and
good access to some recording locations in the right seasons.
Kevin
On Feb 26, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Bernie Krause wrote:
>
> On Feb 26, 2009, at 12:53 PM, Tom Williams wrote:
> >
> > Having spent a little time in the SF Bay area I would imagine that
> > although
> > there's plenty of wonderful landscapes very close to the city, to
> > get far
> > enough from the urban areas and their associated freeways and
> > airports to
> > find an environment free from human noise must involve quite a
> > journey!
> >
>
> >
> > Tom W.
>
> Actually, Tom, there are several within a 20 minute drive from where
> we live in Glen Ellen, about 55 miles/97km north of SF. 7 miles/11km
> from here is Sugarloaf State Park in Sonoma County, where I've
> recorded each spring since 1994. The dawn choruses are broken only
> rarely (once for a short time every couple of visits) by human ground-
> level human noise and only an occasional commercial aircraft
> overflight (maybe one or two per hour). As Kevin Colver and Martyn
> Stewart can attest, it's a pretty soundscape-rich environment and one
> that's easily accessible. I typically record many mornings, there,
> especially during March and April and invite any member of the group
> to join me. This season, I began recording in January and have
> recorded several mornings this past month. Within a 15 minute walk of
> the parking lot, there are several different types of habitats:
> Riparian, low-lying brush, oak forest, redwood forest, and open
> meadow, for instance. There are even a couple of lakes if one is into
> longer hikes first thing in the morning.
>
> Bernie
> >
> >
> > 2009/2/24 Lou Judson <>
> >
> > > Mental shift: The lakes were there first, thus the roads and urban
> > > areas are near the lakes, not the other way round. Too bad, same
> > > result, machines dominate the soundscape... way too prevalent in
> > this
> > > overcowded world!
> > >
> > > Like Matryn's experience in Costa Rica, more people are the main
> > > thing that threatens the natural soundscape... Same thing here in
> > the
> > > Bay Area.
> > >
> > > <L>
> > >
> > > On Feb 24, 2009, at 2:00 AM, Tom Williams wrote:
> > >
> > > Great recordings - I love the sense of space that comes from
> > recording
> > > across open water. Sadly most of the lakes around here are either
> > > near urban
> > > centres or major roads which rather ruins the effect!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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