Thanks, John, for your feedback.
Bernie
On Jan 26, 2013, at 10:55 AM, rock_scallop <> wr=
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> Great job on the new design, Bernie.
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> John Hartog
> rockscallop.org
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> --- In Bernie Krause wrote:
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>> Today, we've officially launched our new web site, one completely dedica=
ted to the field of soundscape ecology: http://www.wildsanctuary.com
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>> The site, composed, orchestrated and conducted by my dear wife, Kat, and=
executed by a wonderful community of magicians, contains many sections. Bu=
t the most resonant of is the WildStore which contains the heart of our mes=
sage -- representative recordings from sites covering much of the planet an=
d an arc of time that spans 45 years in the field.
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>> In the Soundscape section, for instance, and aside from my own work, bio=
phonies from the Arctic (Martyn Stewart, Kevin Colver, and me), to the Anta=
rctic (Doug Quin), to the Amazon (David Monacchi), to the American Southwes=
t desert (Jack Hines), to the American Northeast (Ruth Happel), also exampl=
es of Borneo, Sumatra, New Zealand, Fiji, and the Galapagos, among others, =
can be found. Especially remarkable for its lyricism and quality is a brand=
new and rare recording by Volker Widmann titled "Dawn in the Black Forest.=
" This is truly a masterpiece. No less astonishing is the observation that =
about half of the recordings in my archive and album collection are from ha=
bitats so compromised by human endeavor, that the biophonies can no longer =
be heard in any recognizable form.
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>> Other sections include music related to or inspired by natural soundscap=
es such as "Meridian," an album of soundscapes and music (by former Peter G=
abriel keyboardist and Wyndham Hill artist, Phil Aaberg) following spring a=
s it moved north 16 miles (30km) a day along the 111 meridian; Native Voice=
s, a collection of music and stories from groups closely linked to natural =
world experience like the Nez Perce, Ba'Aka, and Yup'ik eskimos; A Children=
's title; and a new Special Collection segment that features species-specif=
ic birds from the American West (Kevin Colver).
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>> As for my bioacoustic work, my first field recordings were made in 1968 =
using a Nagra IVs and Schoeps XY systems, and were incorporated as componen=
ts of orchestration for a synthesizer music album my late music partner, Pa=
ul Beaver, and I were doing for Warner Brothers, a title called "In a Wild =
Sanctuary," the first music composition to express the theme of ecology. I=
n 1981, the same year I earned my PhD with an internship in bioacoustics, I=
did my first digital recording using a Sony beta version called the F1 in =
Wyoming, We also beta-tested the Sony DAT recorders in the mid-1980s switch=
ing to MS (Sennheiser) and transitional digital formats (DAT) in the latter=
half of that decade. By January, 2002, I was experimenting with double MS =
systems at Gray Lodge Wildlife Refuge (N. of Sacramento).
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>> This one's for you. And we are thrilled to be part of this ever-expandin=
g community.
>>
>> Ciao,
>> Bernie Krause
>>
>> Wild Sanctuary
>> POB 536
>> Glen Ellen, CA 95442
>> 707-996-6677
>> http://www.wildsanctuary.com
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>> SKYPE: biophony
>> FaceBook:
>> http://www.facebook.com/TheGreatAnimalOrchestra
>> http://www.facebook.com/BernieKrauseAuthor
>> Twitter:
>> http://www.twitter.com/berniekrause
>> YouTube:
>> https://www.youtube.com/BernieKrauseTV
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> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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Wild Sanctuary
POB 536
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
707-996-6677
http://www.wildsanctuary.com
SKYPE: biophony
FaceBook:
http://www.facebook.com/TheGreatAnimalOrchestra
http://www.facebook.com/BernieKrauseAuthor
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/berniekrause
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/BernieKrauseTV
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