Hi Bernie--
Its difficult for me and I'm sure many others, given the sonic
onslaught of natural spaces and the increased awareness that personal
field recording as a whole has brought to the troubles and battles,
to understand how Schaefer could be unaware of key allies. Many of
the folks networked through various lists are recordists, first. The
ways one records and why one records remain largely mysterious even
as one develops more and more sophisticated reasons. Its hopeful to
think that what we do will somehow have increasing historical value
and added impact to the politic we commit today, but our perceptions
also tell us that we are a small, albeit passionate force.
I admit that I'm out of touch on my RMS reading. Along these lines,
are there, particular, new methodologies or politics Schaefer is
proposing that you can direct us to? I'm all for more purpose and
action. Rob D.
=3D =3D =3D
At 7:03 AM -0700 4/20/10, Bernie Krause wrote:
> All good points. But aren't those assumptions predicated on the basis
>that everyone is equally wired all the time from pre- to post-field
>experience? Are we absolutely certain that those links won't, at some
>point, break down? Then what?
>
>Schafer is very much "out of touch." One cannot reach him even by
>phone. He lives very privately with his wife in southern Ontario and
>has none. If you want to contact RMS, you write him a
>letter...preferably in long-hand and he'll eventually (if he likes the
>subject matter) answer -- in long hand. He certainly is not wired in
>any way. His farm barely has electricity (a bit of hyperbole, here, to
>make a point). You won't find him distracted by iPods, iPads, i
>Phones, nor will his face be found buried 24/7 in a computer screen.
>When one meets him, one can expect complete human and eye-contact and
>attention and exchange. When one hears his presentations, lectures,
>performances, music, one cannot but be impressed with his
>extraordinary Renaissance-man range of knowledge on everything from
>acoustics to natural history and his ability to deliver those messages
>in any of several languages.
>
>Yes, indeed. Schafer is a dinosaur. And if I had a choice between
>being constantly wired or Socratically curious and informed and self-
>sufficient...? Actually, I'm delighted to be part of both worlds.
>
>Bernie
>
>On Apr 20, 2010, at 5:46 AM, simmosonics wrote:
>
>> I am glad I am not alone in my indignation!
>>
>> Aaron, I particularly like your summation that "...expertise is not
>> longer required to reside in each individual, but within the network
>> of those with ready access to the network's resources..." I find
>> this time and time again with my ethnic music recordings, many of
>> which are made spontaneously or with very little forewarning. I may
>> not understand them at the time, but I take as much care and apply
>> as much expertise as possible for every recording, knowing that at
>> the very least I'll get something I'll enjoy and can be proud of.
>> Even better when someone in my social network is able to offer some
>> illumination.
>>
>> RMS' 'prescient' words seem very much out of touch with what is
>> happening today. We can lament the overall lack of expertise,
>> technique and/or high quality recording equipment, but the reality
>> is that there are now more people than ever recording just about
>> anything, and that's a good thing for the awareness of sounds in
>> general.
>>
>> - Greg Simmons
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------
>>
>> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
>> Krause
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
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