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Musician and naturalist Bernie Krause is one of the world's leading
experts in natural sound, and he's spent his life discovering and
recording nature's rich chorus. Searching far beyond our modern
world's honking horns and buzzing machinery, he has sought out the
truly wild places that remain, where natural soundscapes exist
virtually unchanged from when the earliest humans first inhabited
the earth.
Krause shares fascinating insight into how deeply animals rely on
their aural habitat to survive and the damaging effects of
extraneous noise on the delicate balance between predator and prey.
But natural soundscapes aren't vital only to the animal kingdom;
Krause explores how the myriad voices and rhythms of the natural
world formed a basis from which our own musical expression emerged.
From snapping shrimp, popping viruses, and the songs of humpback
whales-whose voices, if unimpeded, could circle the earth in
hours-to cracking glaciers, bubbling streams, and the roar of
intense storms; from melody-singing birds to the organlike drone of
wind blowing over reeds, the sounds Krause has experienced and
describes are like no others. And from recording jaguars at night
in the Amazon rain forest to encountering mountain gorillas in
Africa's Virunga Mountains, Krause offers an intense and intensely
personal narrative of the planet's deep and connected natural
sounds and rhythm.
"The Great Animal Orchestra" is the story of one man's pursuit of
natural music in its purest form, and an impassioned case for the
conservation of one of our most overlooked natural resources-the
music of the wild.
The artificial noise in our lives is a debris field of arbitrary
and often harmful signals. Our lives are riddled with sound:
heavy-footed neighbours, an ambulance screeching nearby, white
noise from the television. Unsurprisingly, the noisy environment in
which we live has an immense impact on our concentration,
alertness, and feelings of anxiety. To help us manage the rubble
that hinders our mind and well-being, Bernie Krause whisks us
through the practical steps that each one of us can take to reduce
the unhealthy noise in your life and realize the healing powers of
certain acoustic encounters. Along the way, we explore the
difference between harmful noise and the signals that make us feel
good, between noise as a stressor and soundscapes that serve to
boost our emotional and physiological health and stimulate our
productivity. By following his suggestions you'll discover what a
wide variety of sound signatures represent; which ones you like,
which ones you don't, and why. Thoroughly researched and accessibly
crafted, THE POWER OF TRANQUILITY IN A VERY NOISY WORLD will show
you how to gain control over your sonic experiences and live a more
tranquil and enduring life.
A founder of soundscape ecology offers a pioneering field guide for
listening to and recording the sounds of the wild Through his
organization Wild Sanctuary, Bernie Krause has traveled the globe
to hear and record the sounds of diverse natural habitats. Wild
Soundscapes, first published in 2002, inspires readers to follow in
Krause's footsteps. The book enchantingly shows how to find
creature symphonies (or, as Krause calls them, "biophonies"); use
simple microphones to hear more; and record, mix, and create new
expressions with the gathered sounds. After reading this book,
readers will feel compelled to investigate a wide range of habitats
and animal sounds, from the conversations of birds and howling sand
dunes to singing anthills. This rewritten and updated edition
explains the newest technological advances and research,
encouraging readers to understand the earth's soundscapes in ways
previously unimaginable. With links to the sounds that are
discussed in the text, this accessible and engaging guide to
natural soundscapes will captivate amateur naturalists, field
recordists, musicians, and anyone else who wants to fully
appreciate the sounds of our natural world.
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