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Tranquil Vale: Shocking Sounds
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I will tell you things at random. Friday, 9 July 2010. I've never really looked at the Clip Joint section of the Film and Muisc supplement of the Guardian. However, this week's selection from AJ Bee. Was rather tasty - they're all on the theme of horror sounds, and as well as the reader's thoughts there are actual clips to watch and listen to. These skilfully added acoustics may be a backdrop for the movie, or part of the plot itself. They are a secret narrator in our minds, skilfully and invisibly s...
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Tranquil Vale: The Music of the Wires
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I will tell you things at random. Sunday, 2 January 2011. The Music of the Wires. Just finished listening to Chris Watson's programme of Radio 4. Fascinating. catch on listen again. On the BBC iPlayer until Sunday 09 January 2011. Has more information and links, including the Wired Lab Project. Now where are my Alan Lamb CDs filed? And physical of hidden on my laptop? Bird owners know that spending time with birds is critical, and. 12 December 2011 at 16:55. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Tranquil Vale: Guardian reviews "The Wire"
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I will tell you things at random. Monday, 3 January 2011. Guardian reviews "The Wire". For once I am able to comment on a radio review. Elisabeth Mahoney. Review's yesterday's Radio 4 programme, "The Wire", in today's Guardian. Watson described the noise as "some of the strangest and most beautiful sounds I've ever heard", adding that as he listened to it there were "six or seven grey kangaroos" in front of him. He was in Australia, where artist-led Wired Lab Project celebrates this aural phenomenon.
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Tranquil Vale: David Fanshawe RIP
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I will tell you things at random. Friday, 9 July 2010. Travelling back on the train to Chichester from a visit to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust [WWT]. S 26 hectace Wetland Centre in Arundel, I pick up a copy of. And find an obituary for the composer and explorer, David Fanshawe. The accompanying picture shows him holding a pair of Sennehiser MD421. I first discovered David in the early 1980s through the wonderous. Has a paywall, there is an obituary on the. On accepting an honorary degree as a Doctor o...
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Tranquil Vale: A score for John Cage's 4'33"?
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I will tell you things at random. Saturday, 1 January 2011. A score for John Cage's 4'33"? Julian Oddy, in his letter in today's. Obviously thinks that the printed score to John Cage's composition,. Is a mythical entity - along the lines of skyhooks, long waits and a written British Constitution. Of course he does. Here's my response. Why does Julian Oddy think that it is impossible to notate John Cage's 4'33". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom. View my complete profile.
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Tranquil Vale: How green is my download?
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I will tell you things at random. Sunday, 7 November 2010. How green is my download? Magazine has an interesting article. In the "It's not easy being green." series - pondering if downloading is more carbon efficient than buying a CD. Can I download and be green? Downloading a music album exacts the same environmental price as making tea for 12. The point is that there is a carbon penalty for downloading, despite the physical lack of a CD. The energy used by downloads is around 7kWh per gigabyte (the...
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Tranquil Vale: Responses on 4'33"
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I will tell you things at random. Monday, 3 January 2011. Didn't publish my letter in response to Julian Oddy, but they did print. Julian Oddy (Letters, 1 January) has a very good chance of buying the score of John Cage's 4' 33" – a copy was prominently displayed in Foyles just before Christmas. I was quite tempted myself, but my sight reading is hopeless. It can be bought from Peters. Whose website explains the difference between the three versions they have published (two in print, one out of print).
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Tranquil Vale: String Theory
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I will tell you things at random. Monday, 27 June 2011. Steven Appleby managed to get my frustration about spiders webs of mic cables off to a tee. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom. I am a freelance theatre sound designer/engineer based in Exeter. View my complete profile. The Arts in Somerset - 2.
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Tranquil Vale: Chris Watson - "The Wire"
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I will tell you things at random. Thursday, 30 December 2010. Chris Watson - "The Wire". I love the work of wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson. But even better is hearing him talk about his passion. So the preview in the latest Time Out. Has certainly whetted my appetite. SUNDAY 02 Jan 2011. Wildlife sound-recordist Chris Watson meets artist/scientist Alan Lamb. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom. I am a freelance theatre sound designer/engineer based in Exeter.
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Tranquil Vale: Ten of the Best - Pianos
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I will tell you things at random. Saturday, 3 July 2010. Ten of the Best - Pianos. I tour as sound engineer with piano. We usually have to play on digital keyboards [currently the Yamaha CP33. Stage piano] but occasionally they get to play on - and I get to mike up - 6 grand pianos. As such, I've become a Steinway. Spotter - collecting serial numbers of pianos we use. In a series I rarely look at in the Guardian Review, John Mullan in "Ten of the Best". Today looks at the use of pianos in literature.
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