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Date: Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:00 am ((PDT))
Tony,
Just discovered your label.It is good that such a niche exists. As a compos=
er,and instrumentalist, I struggle with what sounds are meaningful to me. F=
or years I have been attracted to what I would call=A0 then, the abstract, =
such as rain, wind, creaks. Listening to your output reaffirms that it's ok=
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Martin
On Sunday, October 20, 2013 7:07 AM, Tony Whitehead <=
il.com> wrote:
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Thanks Bernie .. I have the BBC podcasts of the Davic Hendy programmes, but=
have yet to listen to them - will nudge up the listening list. I also noti=
ce the whole series is available for download here at a vey reasonable pric=
e=A0http://www.audiogo.com/uk/noise-a-human-history-the-complete-series-mat=
t-thompson-gid-1029895/
Chris Watson - yes, I met Chris a couple of years ago while helping with so=
me BBC filming on the Exe estuary. He was using hydrophones to try and reco=
rd the movement of invertebrates in the estuary mud. I also remember that w=
e found a singing lesser whitethroat, a not too common bird in this part of=
the world.
cheers
Tony
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Bernie Krause <> wr=
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>A new book, called "Noise," by David Hendy, a UK media historian from the =
Univ. of Sussex, has just been released on HarperCollins in the US (and Pro=
file in the UK). This beautifully written book is a wonderful, accessible, =
and insightful piece covering pretty much all aspects of noise phenomena th=
at exist in Western culture, in particular, but others, as well. Hendy's BB=
C Radio series is also to be broadcast this Fall. I've read it twice, now, =
and find more and more relevance to my soundscape work with each read-throu=
gh.
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>>It is refreshing to have someone write on noise and actually DEFINE what =
they mean by the term... something rarely done in my experience. I have fou=
nd over 20 definitions of noise even in the acoustic domain. R. Murray Shaf=
er's formulation relates to the foreshortening of dynamic range, which is d=
istinct from noise as rapid change, dromological sound, non-repetitive soun=
d, inharmonic sound, excessive volume, sudden impulse, physical disruption,=
psychological trauma, transmission loss, anthrophony, and so on.
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>>-- Robin Parmar, who hates the new Yahoo groups web format
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>>To my ears, in general, soundscapes in which individual sounds can be hea=
rd clearly are more attractive than their opposite. It's what I understand =
from Murray Shafers talk of hi-fi and lo-fi sonic environments. The only qu=
alification perhaps is that some natural (however you wish to define that) =
soundscapes could be thought of as lo-fi. A river in spate. Or rain. But th=
en, on paying attention, I find beautiful variations within the grain of fa=
lling rain, its different intensities.=A0
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