Great point Peter. I think it depends on the purpose of the recording and t=
he audience.
One could create one pristine version to preserve the soundscape for future=
generations and for the enjoyment of people who cannot easily escape their=
city lifestyle and one version where there are those noise interruptions t=
hat you mention. But who would react to this? Surely the nature sound lovin=
g mob would go "What the heck is that, I hear that every time I go out ther=
e and try to look for some peace and quietness. Why is this on this album? =
I bought this so I can have 70 minutes of pristine nature sounds." and the =
rest of the people are 4wd-ers who would say "hell yeah, how's the sound of=
that 4 litre turbo diesel" and that would be counterproductive, too.
The only situation in which I could imagine something like this working wou=
ld be during a presentation to state ministers or maybe in a short 30 secon=
d ad-type video message. You know, first you create that dreamy atmosphere =
with beautiful pictures and awesome wilderness sounds and then suddenly you=
cut to the chainsaw swinging bogans in their 4wd's with 5 eskies full of b=
eer on the back of their ute's and then show the devastation that they leav=
e behind.
Note that there are also nice 4wd'ers who go out to actually enjoy nature. =
We clearly have to differentiate the two types of 4wd'ers.
Or, in Andrews case with his plea for the Tarkine one could again show the =
pristine old growth forest, clean creeks that flow through it and birds tha=
t live in it and then cut to heavy logging machinery, barren de-forested la=
ndscapes and killed animals.
Cheers,
Eric
On 23/02/2013, at 6:21 AM, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> Thanks Andrew, I enjoyed it.
>
> I browsed the Tarkine National Coalition web site you linked to as I list=
ened, and one of the threats listed was off road vehicles. I sometimes wond=
er if recordings intended to alert people to threats like that should conta=
in some unexpected jarring recordings of such vehicles.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> ________________________________
> From: =
On Behalf Of Andrew Skeoch
> Sent: Tuesday, 19 February 2013 9:20 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Nature Recordists] Tarkine wilderness, Australia - 75 minute so=
undscape to download
>
>
>
> Hello to all,
>
> We have made available (for free) a soundscape recording of the Tarkine w=
ilderness in Tasmania, Australia.
>
> We hope this album will give you a feeling for this unique environment - =
the largest temperate rainforest in the southern hemisphere.
>
> Sadly this area is under imminent threat from mining proposals, which the=
Australian government seems intent on approving, regardless of environment=
al or social consequences.
>
> We've made this recording so that folks can hear the place, its wild voic=
es, and get a sense of what is at stake.
>
> Download the album, grab your headphones, take some time, and I hope you =
enjoy listening. Please share this link with friends.
>
> http://www.listeningearth.com/tarkine/
>
> All the best,
> Andrew
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