Web Resources - music; World Wide Web - Brief Article

Whole Earth, Spring, 1999 by Dr

WORLD FORUM FOR ACOUSTIC ECOLOGY

http://interact.uoregon.edu/ MediaLit/WFAEHomePage.

The World Forum is a clearinghouse page for information on the recording of natural environments, sonic research, noise pollution, and compositional experiments and philosophies dealing with the wide world of surrounding sound. Start your searching here....

ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOUNDATION SOUNDSCAPE PAGE

www. cdemusic.org/soundscapes, html.

Joel Chadabe's Electronic Music Foundation has a fine web page featuring selected musics that respond directly to the Earth. They also have the best selection of experimental CDs and music books for sale on the web.

SITTELLE

www.sfere.com/sittelle.

An excellent French label of soundscape recordings, not very well known in the US. All sorts of environments are represented, including "Jurassic Soundscapes," claiming to feature the sounds of dinosaurs. You can be sure some creative composition went on with that one. Unless it's a really old recording....

THE NATURE SOUNDS SOCIETY

www.naturesounds.com

Based at the Oakland Museum, the Society offers professional workshops on recording the sounds of the environment, and hosts concerts and conferences on listening outward toward the world. They maintain the California Library of Natural Sounds and sponsor a radio show, Earprints, on KPFA. They'll give you all the technical resources you need to get out there and take sound snapshots of the wilderness.