ML161639
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Subject 1: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Street ambi with distant marching band. Timecode In: 00:00:04. Timecode out: 00:10:00. Subject 2: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Marching band, Wedding procession. Timecode In: 00:10:00. Timecode out: 00:34:39. Subject 3: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Car horn. Timecode In: 00:34:43. Timecode out: 00:34:45. Subject 4: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Street ambi. Timecode In: 00:34:45. Timecode out: 00:39:58. Equipment Notes: Spaced Omnis. Show: Ravi Shankar, Susan Stamberg DAT #: 9 Engineer: William McQuay Date: December 2-12, 2004 Jessica Goldstein Bill McQuay AMBI Cars pulling away, motoring away, some train in the distance 0:30 1:23 whistle 1:25 new take more traffic (listener right in the middle of it) 2:06 new take more traffic 2:26 (BILL talking) 2:39 band in the distance, marching band amid traffic 3:06 car alarm and honking horns 3:29 traffic swells to cover the band 3:55 can hear band again in the distance 4:07 new tune with the band, flute melody heard too 430 with traffic too 4:53 puttering car 6:22 bird chirp 7:25 New song, birds more present 7:43 melody altered-- lots of ambient noise covering the band 9:07 good melody but lots of ambi 9:15 more prominent band but still traffic 10:02 clearer sound of band mostly drums, not much melody 10:32 band closer, pretty good sound, some birds, some cheering 11:11 some men pass by talking 11:32 new tune 11:41 clear sound with flute 11:58 song ends 12:04 pick up again, clear sound (overplaying a lot), interplay between winds and brass heard over birds (13:00 car horn) 1326 Melody rises up (might be good for an intro into the music) 1354 car alarm and more traffic 1400 melody rises up 1420 horns are arriving right up to Bill (least traffic noise. 1509 some people talking quietly) 1522 melody 1530 bike bell also 1542 some younger voices talking 1550 call and response between high winds and brass 1638 band with some crowd cheer along, young boy talking in left ear to dad? Its quiet speaking 1714 band closer 1723 new tune close to Bill 1808 laughing of crowd 1810 band right in the mic **1831 good !! call and response between high winds and drums (drums are a bit overpowering) 1918 band completes move from right to left of listener and percussion fades out with the sound of traffic puttering by almost in rhythm 20:42 *** Bill moves up to catch up 20:59 Good clear sound to 21:52 (falls apart and gets together again) 22:10 kind of rough 22:26 falls apart again and continues 23:22 high winds call and response 23 41 fades out 23:54 comes back in force, brass and drums 24:09 winds back 24:14 fizzle out and then the winds call a new tune fades away in distance 24:31 LESS BASS DISTORTION BILL--mic pre-amp adjusted levels lower 24:53 band sounds far off. 25:31 cheering 25:39 car horn 25:50 band and shakers far off 26:35 new tune called with drums - really grooves- percussion feature shouts and horns with the band 27:38 rhythm elides into new beat 28:01 percussion ends and winds pick up- sounds like a bit of disagreement (but it continues) 28:28 brass holds melody then exchange by 28:45 with winds 29:45 band gets very close brass is loose 30:12 falls apart 30:18 percussion strikes up again fades by 30:52 moving across the listen 31:00 out **31:04 new tune (familiar, klezmer sounding almost. Very festive. Clear high wind sound. 32:20 keeps on going 32:41 speeds up 33:04 33:05 new tune 34:15 band moves with car horn 34:28 interjection 34:38 out and car horn and the brass argues back 35:00 traffic wins? Clanking of wooden chimes or something similar Voices and horns (clearly frustrated with the backup of the band) Traffic and street traffic. 37:20 brass jingle, traffic clearing out. 37:47 street seemingly normal again.... (Notes truncated)
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- Cataloged
- 10 May 2010 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 10 May 2010 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 10 May 2010 - Ben Brotman