All Blog Posts Tagged 'Support' (28)

Coming Attractions!  

We're happy to announce that we'll soon begin efforts on a new, revamped social network for the Soundscape Support Team. As we plan how to offer a better, more enjoyable, more productive on-line experience, build new community, and begin to really work together as a team, we invite your input!  

Making the connection with new friends will be a big part of this revitalization of the team.  We'll make room to create a healthy and diverse community habitat…

As Bernie Krause and I often travelled together in the early days of our marriage and, as I began to accompany him alongside into the field on numerous recording adventures, we connected with people around the globe, in some of the world's most remote places.   Upon our return back home, we relied upon the occasional posted letter or rare e-mail from far-away places to keep in touch with some of the friends we made along the way.  As the early years of 2000 passed by, more friends and…

Curated by Soundscape Support Team member, La Cosa Preziosa, this upcoming sound-led program in Dublin is one you'll want to know about. 

http://sounddevicesdublin.wordpress.com/opening-event/

A Salute of Support!  The multi-talented Jez Riley French gets a quiet 'shout out' today for the many fine ways his work explores and expresses the world of soundscape, musical composition, and art.  His fine sensibilities, gifted talents,  and painstaking technical skills combine into a rather astonishing compilation that is well worth knowing about.   Some hydrophone stuff on YouTube (below) -- and do visit his well-crafted …

New members add vitality to the network, so let's all welcome them. (It is a 'social' network, after all!)  If you haven't taken a look at the Members Page lately, check it out -  and find out more about others joining us here.  Today, we welcome newest member, Christine Hass.  Check out her blog at: http://www.wildmountainechoes.com 

Natural soundscape is certainly tied to the conditions that produce it -- and in 'The Great Animal Orchestra',  Soundscape Author Bernie Krause makes the case that this connection is the original font of all human-made music that has evolved over time - but what of human-made music that has now also been influenced by the modern age, it's noise, and it's abstraction from the once pristine order of healthy habitats?…

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/2012/mar/12/

The great catalyst of biophony and the 'Niche Hypothesis' is finally taking hold.  Around the world, more research, more outreach, and more networking than ever is energizing a world of soundscape interest. 

Check out the new 'sound-led' campaign efforts from World Wildlife Fund, Ocean Conservation Research, and NRDC to help keep the Arctic Ocean sustainable for marine life.  How exciting to be in the field - as web-based technologies keep connecting and expanding the possibilities…

Hey, everyone.  Please check out the wonderful works of our newest members by visiting their page or their site links.  For a quick connect, just pull down the 'members' tab and introduce yourselves on chat or message.  It's all about supporting one and another's work, but of course. Cheers!

Neat notes from NPR about the regional dialect of birds in the 'hood.  Does it really come as a surprise that anthropogenic noise affects avian communication? The original article is at the bottom of the linked post. http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/11/12/09/changing_your_tune_to_adapt_to_the_urban_jungle

The Soundscape Support Team may invite you to Italy for a special soundscape workshop and retreat.  We're formulating the plan, so if you're interested, please contact kkrause@wildsanctuary.com or through the network. Besides playing a major part in an inspired arts retreat in Italy that welcomes Soundscape artists, the Palazzo Rinaldi, new member La Cosa Preziosa, has a fine website  well worth visiting,…