Gordon and Mark,
I entirely agree with your tentative to categorize the recordings. I think =
naturecording is about aesthetics ( as in photography the event is irrepeti=
ble) but is also about science and categorization. I don't think we must ma=
ke a choice, the two things are all right: When you categorize aesthetics r=
esist to categorization but exactely this resistence is good to better sens=
e the aesthetics. So I favor a good form of categorization and would much a=
preciate a consensus after a good discussion here if possible. I would add =
that science is ok with purity but aesthetics no, so to me in naturecording=
the same spirit that makes science, categorization and thinks purity makes=
art and thinks aesthetics.
Regards,
Jos=C3=A9
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> Marc & Volker,
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> I like the definition and use of those three terms: Wild, Digitally
> Processed and Edited. I would like to add a forth, Foley, to be applied =
to
> a recording when one sound is used to mimic another sound but is created =
by
> separate and unrelated events. Clomping coconut shells to replace horse
> footfalls is one example. Wind from wind machines would be another.
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> What is natural and what is not? This is probably a cultural perspective=
. I
> remember a whale documentary in the early 90's that followed the migratio=
n
> of a particular whale. Near the end of the documentary we see and hear w=
hat
> the whale sees-a boat filled with noisy tourists flashing cameras and lou=
d
> boat noise. I thought how odd. A Japanese person also thought the same
> thing but only about why I would think it was odd. Human made sounds are
> rarely in tune with place, but not always, and that is the big difference
> for me. I like telephone wire wind sounds because it tells me what the w=
ind
> is doing in a musical way and I learn about place. I don't like jet nois=
e
> because it says very little and spoils a great deal. What to include or
> what not to include for me is not about what is natural but about what is
> meaningful.
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> I am a great fan of train sounds and have recorded train sounds and birds=
ong
> together, intentionally, and sought out through great effort places and
> times to listen/record them in balance.
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> --Gordon
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