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Date: Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:59 am ((PDT))
on the note of funding:
we are in the midst of applying to a couple of corporate donors to fund sou=
ndscapes that will aid in the monitoring of a local Landtrusts (non profit =
group that helps landowners incorporate legal protections on their land). =
Not much money for salary but may also help with buying gear too.
Chad
On 2013-07-21, at 12:22 PM, Dan Dugan wrote:
> > I don't have much money, nor do I have much equipment. My equipment is =
rather a joke.
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> Being in the right place at the right time is more important than the equ=
ipment. Publishable recordings can be made with quite economical gear.
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> > But I want to figure out how to travel around and record. So I just wan=
ted to see what worked for others here in this group. What are the paths to=
take? Are there grants to apply for?
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> Happens occasionally, but rare. See next item.
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> > Research stations that need help? Environmental centers? I guess my big=
gest questions are how to get funding and how to get to locations.
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> Are you in the U.S.A.? If so the national parks need volunteers to invent=
ory and monitor their soundscapes. Make friends with the people in the reso=
urces division of a national park. Ask them what soundscapes they would lik=
e documented. Start a personal longitudinal study of particular locations. =
Turn in raw files with documentation to the park. When your cred is establi=
shed you can get a research permit that allows you to camp in your recordin=
g locations. If you work with them regularly, you just might get hired to h=
elp when funding for a study comes.
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> > Or is this just something that you have to self-fund?
>
> That's really how it is, 99% for me. I've made a few "relaxation CDs" tha=
t bring in a few dollars a month, and justify tax-deducting recording trips=
, but really my business funds my nature recording.
>
> There are a few people in the world who do nature recording full-time. Li=
ke Chris Watson in England, Martyn Stewart here, Bernie Krause, Gordon Hemp=
ton. It takes top skills, dogged determination, the best gear. For most of =
us it's a great hobby. Art + science + engineering + hiking and camping =3D=
big fun.
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> -Dan
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