cower@columbia.UUCP (Rich Cower) (04/18/85)
D5, D6, Nak 550, etc. people. Listen up - this looks interesting.
You aren't recording Dead shows all the time....KPFA used to be a
good station, real off-the-wall material (KFAT was number one in
my book...but that's another story).
Subject: World Ear Project - An Invitation to All.
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This is an open invitation to all COM participants around the
world to also participate in the World Ear Project, currently
being organized by the Berkeley (California) non-commercial
VHF radio station KPFA . The goal is to produce a series of
radio programs (monthly for now) using ambient sound material
recorded by people around the world and sent to KPFA. These
programs are currently being aired on KPFA (program #2 is March 25)
and will be distributed later to other radio stations in the US
and, hopefully, around the world.
With the recent advances in tape recorder technology, very hight
quality recordings (in stereo) can now be made by the general public
on cassette recorders costing $200 to $400. Ten years ago, when I
started the Project (it lasted only a few months then) this quality
was available only at the high end of the portable tape recorder
market, for more than $1000. We at KPFA have now revitalized the
World Ear Project after noting that there was already a growing number
of recording enthusiasts trading tapes of sounds from exotic (and
not so exotic) places.
What better way to reach a world-wide audience than thru COM!
So here we are inviting anyone to participate who has one of these
high quality cassette or reel-to-reel stereo portable recorders.,
to go out into the field (city streets, open places, buildings, etc.)
and make extended recordings of the "sonic landscape", send them
to us, and they will become part of our programs.
Send tapes to World Ear Project
Music Dept.
KPFA-FM
Berkeley, CA USA 94704
Due to the meagre budget we have to work with, we cannot return the
recordings, so make a copy for yourself and send us the originals.
Include written information about the landscape recorded and about
the recording process itself. We will let you know if it gets
included in a broadcast and when.
We'll also send you a World Ear Poster, currently being printed.
For more information, send me COM mail.
In or next program, on March 25, we will be broadcasting the sounds
of the streets of Tunis, a sunrise near Darwin, Australia, frogs and
crickets at Harbin Hot Springs, in Northern California, the sounds of
a hospital in Los ANgeles, etc etc.