Transmissions sans Frontières
Reported by Ben Walker
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Out
Front Radio
In conjunction with the conference the CBC
program OUTFRONT is airing 4 pieces done in
collaboration with New Adventures In Sound
Art. My favorites are the Tuesday
and Wednesday
pieces.
I love how Reena Katz uses repetition
to take on the subject of Israel and the Palestinians
- I've probably heard a billion radio pieces
on the middle east and the road map to nowheresville
and they all have the same effect - I get
angry and confused. But this peace goes a
long way - and its because of the unique and
different way in which she has constructed
her piece.
And Chantel Dumas's piece immediately
makes you realize the power and potential
of soundscapes. Think about it - you don't
hear a lot of soundscapes on the radio why?
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Victoria
Fenner
Victoria Fenner makes a lot of soundscapes for the radio - and everyone I listened too made me want to listen to another one. She's great great great.
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Anna
Friz
Another great Sound Artist who will be presenting
at the conference is Anna Friz. Now I realize
that a clip shouldn't be 42 minutes. But I'm
telling you - her piece "the clandestine transmissions
of pirate jenny" is so much fun to listen
to
you won't want to turn it off..
Listen to
her audio
artist statement if you don't believe
me.
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 | Steve Wadhams and Christos Hatzis
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Steve Wadhams and Christos Hatzis are talking about a piece they made called "the idea of Canada" They made this piece after the constitutional crisis of the early 90s you might remember that the Quebec province wanted to split away from the rest of Canada. |
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Chandra Bulucon gave a presentation on the type
of programming she does on her radio program Quick stop
art spot on CKLN in Toronto. A lot of it sounds pretty
out there - here is a piece that she's aired and one she
played for us during her presentation: It's by the schizophrenic
poet who goes by the name "L[ar]ynx
After her presentation I asked her if she had to answer on the spot what would she say the criteria is for pieces she likes to air on her show.
Here is her answer:
Jim Metzner did
an experiment on context. You can participate too! Right
now!
Part one
Listen to this clip (clip 7), and make a note of what you think you are hearing.
Part two
listen to what some of the attendees at TSF heard (clip 8)
Part three
Listen to Jim tell us what it really was. (clip 9)
So after Jim's presentation I asked him how we should think of context when we record sound for radio.
Here is his answer
The Secret Lives of Promos
Barb Woolner of Trent Radio in Peterborough spoke at length on what happened when her station started putting together show promos. Trent Radio, like most college/community radio stations in both the US and Canada air mostly music programs, but thanks to the ease and availability of digital audio programs like pro tools these independent radio stations are now finding it within there means to experiment with other types of programming. And as I listened to Barb speak it hit me that the simple show promo is the secret key to making it all happen.
Take the story of Trent Radio for example. Listen to these two short show promos.
Nothing fancy - just what you would expect from a bunch of goofy kids jamming together to make a some goofy show promos.
But once the creativity was unleashed, there was NO STOPPING IT, the goofy kids were hooked! And the next thing you know the promos started getting longer and longer and they started having festivals that required yes even more promos. Like this one
These clips are just the introduction. During the conference I will be posting
audio clips - field recordings and brief conversations
with some of the artists. If there is someone you would
like to hear from or something you'd like to hear, post
it to the discussion
board and I will see what I can do.
~ bw
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