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(Audio Event) “The Magic of Sound:Creating & Using Sound for Film, Video & All Other Media Projects”

NoahC — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:06:36 +0000

This Bay Area Women in Film & Media event sounds like it could be interesting. It appears to be geared to people newer to sound work but worth your time none-the-less.

THE MAGIC OF SOUND:
Creating & Using Sound for
Film, Video and All Other Media Projects

(THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO BOTH MEN & WOMEN)
A Rare Look at the Various
Elements of Sound

What technology and methods are involved in creating sound?
Why is audio such a key component to a great media project?
What technology is used in both major motion pictures and smaller projects?
What does it take to get any type of music (legally & in budget!) into your project?
What should media makers know about sound before they start shooting – the do’s and don’t’s of audio in filmmaking.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21st
at Z Space/Theater Artaud
450 Florida Street, San Francisco from 7 – 9:30 pm

Check it out HERE.

Scratch Radio: Start the Week Off “Reggae”.

NoahC — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:55:39 +0000

For a number of years I’ve listened to a small Internet radio station put out by a guy up in Canada. It’s one of the best reggae “shows” you’ll ever find. Tracing the roots of Jamaican music 24 hours a day. I figured that to help start the week off right I’d pass the link on to anyone interested in some seriously positive sounds.

http://www.azevedo.ca/scratch/default.aspx

Scratch Radio has been broadcasting since March, 2000.

The format ranges from late-1950s mento & Jamaican-boogie into 1960s ska, through the rocksteady years and on to reggae and dub. There is no rap or hip-hop in the playlist – just some fine toasting from the likes of Prince Jazzbo, U-Roy and Big Youth (to name a few).

Due to limited bandwidth, this station can only support a limited number of simultaneous listeners (currently 62).

Stand Up for the Small Guy…Get a tee-shirt!

NoahC — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:28:32 +0000

The local Bay Area micro- and Internet radio station Pirate Cat Radio (PCR) has inevitably gotten snagged by the FCC. The U.S. airwaves which are public and owned by the citizens of this country have been high-jacked by massive corporations who can afford astronomical licensing fees. These corporations continually hide behind the “just get a license” defense when sicking the FCC on SMALL stations like PCR. While I believe that there is reason to regulate the airwaves I do not believe that folks like PCR are the problem…nor should they be fined any amount for filling a much needed niche on the radio dial. Head over to www.piratecatradio.com and get your self a cool shirt while helping the station stay afloat.

Does New Technology Equal the Demise of Radio?

NoahC — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:02:00 +0000

I’ve been researching different ways of distributing audio content and came across an interesting article. In this piece the author is responding to “old school” radio people who are predicting the end times for radio as new technologies (in this piece cell phone radio) come about. Yes, cell phone radio! I’ve been playing with it for the past few days and there are some good services out there. The best in my opinion are those that don’t require the user to download any software and don’t use the data network (incurring data charges on the users end) but simply function like a phone call (which only consumes a users minutes). But the technology is a bit young and from my experience also a bit ‘buggy’…but a cool idea!

Radio: Skadio!

NoahC — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:58:00 +0000

Listen up ska-lovers, check out my ska “station” over on pandora.com.

TUNE IN:
www.pandora.com/?sc=sh86282757660564544

Audio Blogging: AZ Anti-immigrant Violence

NoahC — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:35:00 +0000

This morning I’m heading to Phoenix, Arizona to cover a hip-hop show being put on by the Campaign for a United America Hip-Hop Project. The show is in protest to the most recent and outrageous actions of local Sheriff Joe Arpaio who chained together 100’s of incarcerated immigrants and marched them through public streets into a “tent city” in the middle of the desert. Arpaio invited media and the public to witness this public humiliation. I’ll be producing several pieces from this event; some of which will be audio-blogged at www.imagine2050.org in the next couple of days.

Click HERE for a link to the event flier.

This American Life – real audio archive

NoahC — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:54:00 +0000

If you’re a fan of the popular radio program “This American Life” but don’t have the monies to purchase their shows or what not, I found an archive of their past programs in the Real Audio format. Sure, the quality of Real Audio isn’t the best but hey, what do you want for free. Of course, you should always support artists when you are able (because we all know they don’t get much support from other places).

http://rapidshare.com/users/K24KYR

…another “of course”: you can also simply go to www.thislife.org and stream episodes and even download for a mere .95 per ep. But the choice is there…

Vocalo.org

NoahC — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:12:00 +0000

You like YouTube? You like radio? You tired of rehashed, tired-assed radio? Check out Vocalo.org. It’s kind of mixture of user generated content and progressive music and ideas. It’s radio with audience participation and contribution with youth emphasis! An awesome idea that people should not have a problem getting behind and enjoying. There are some super wonderful hosts over their so check’em out! www.vocalo.org

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