ML163414
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Subject 1: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Tibetan dance sounds. Timecode In: 00:00:57. Timecode out: 00:31:27. Subject 2: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Tibetan dance sounds. Timecode In: 00:31:28. Timecode out: 00:39:42. Subject 3: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Tibetan village sounds. Timecode In: 00:40:22. Timecode out: 01:08:36. Equipment Notes: Subject 1 is decoded MS Stereo. YGRP DAT3 10/13 - 10/14/2000 0.58 - (MS) distant recording of trad. Tibetan dance in Deqin hotel lobby (recorded from stairs above lobby) 3.08 new tune begins 7.58 music tempo increases 9.01 tune ends 9.25 disco beat is heard 10.10 trad. Tibetan tune begins, the disco beat can be heard in background (trad. music is more present than before, I have moved closer) 14.40 disco is more present as well 17.25 tune ends, disco is still heard along with people talking 18.09 CU of disco beat begins 18.47 door to disco palace is opened & tape distorts from BIG low end 18.55 I reduce volume 19.12- 21.46 door to disco opens & closes several times trad. Tibetan dance is sometimes heard beneath the din 21.46 - 22.42 I walk away from disco & move back to the trad. Tibetan dance. 22.56 - 30.20 CU of trad. Tibetan instrument (Id? .(eed) is upcut (I'm on floor with dancers & musicians - still very reverberant sound but definitely more present (bells on clothes is a featured sound.) PAUSE 30.33 tape rolls again-chatter of performers 31.31 - 34.26 SPACED OMNIS - opening of tune is upcut BUT performers are more present- (space is still quite reverberant.) 33.53 women chorus is quite good. 35.34 small applause from performers 35.40 - 39.40 new tune-beginning with men's chorus- at end applause is cut-off abruptly 39.57 SPACED OMNIS-BODY MICS (first try) - walking the streets of Deqin in morning-trucks pass by, sounds of children, sounds of power tools 41.50 In outdoor Temple - creaking sound of prayer wheels being spun (Temple located across the street from our hotel) 42.13 sound of stream heard in background. 43.05 hammering heard 43.29 - 48.54 Circumambulation of Temple. Family heard talking as they spin prayer wheels, motorcycle passes by, footsteps, hammering, other traffic passes by, prayer wheels creaking, sound of stream 48.10 nice quiet sounds of the above. 49.17- Walk up Cultural Rd. in Deqin at 49.48 school kids pass by with greetings 51.30-52.38 stream sound is quite loud 53.00 truck passes R to L, people talking, spitting, footsteps... 55.20 car comes to stop, auto horns, other good traffic sounds, people, more footsteps, 57.40 starting return trip to hotel, random street sounds, as before, auto horns, other good traffic sounds, people, more footsteps, (good walking by stuff) 1.00.00 -1.02.17 radio playing Tibetan pop tune (located far L.) Radio is turned off abruptly ... continues. More random street sounds. 1.05.00 - 1.08.19 - scraping sounds of prostrating monk making his way up Cultural Rd. along with other street sounds. TAPE ENDS at 1.08.36.
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- 27 Jul 2010 - David McCartt
- Digitized
- 27 Jul 2010 - David McCartt
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- 27 Jul 2010 - David McCartt