How to Map 2: The Map Outline News
…line There is a free online source for spatial data at http://www.diva-gis.org/. To get your spatial data you click on Free Spatial Data in the top-right corner. On the Free Spatial Data page click on country level data. On the Download Data by Country page, select the country you need and make sure the Subject is Administrative areas. There is other data available for free download from this page, such as elevation and population density, but for…
From Kisoro to Nairobi to Lake Victoria Story
…had been warned on the specifics but did nothing. This wasn’t gas chamber horror – this was one child at a time, one machete at a time horror. Blood was all over everyone’s hands. The genocide was primarily the Hutu’s against the Tutsi’s, but really all that is a nonsense. While the tribal names had been around for centuries, the modern ‘brand’ of Tutsi and Hutu was established in 1930’s by the occupying Belgians. If you had ten cows or more you w…
Day 6: The Studio @ Traveller’s Rest Hotel, Kisoro Story
…of our hosts from the hotel then join the group for the second shot. Now for a formal photo with Jesse, Jimmy, Francis and Tabu The ladies came to work on an ‘Influences’ session with Winyo. Here, they put down their track. Not at all phased by the use of headphones and mics, they take everything in there stride, performing a number of takes as the song develops. We start by giving them a simple click to follow the beat but quickly realised that…
Congratulations Singing Wells! News
…art of a British Library World Collections Programme initiative. It was a great pleasure and it is wonderful to see these fruits of their expertise and enthusiasm. Janet Topp Fargion, Lead Curator World and Traditional Music, British Library website: http://www.bl.uk online gallery: http://sounds.bl.uk main catalogue: http://cadensa.bl.uk/cgi-bin/webcat…
Kenya (Coast): Day 4 – the road back to Nairobi Story
…’ve learned is how to organise the team better in terms of accountability for recordings (both video and audio). Logistically, handling all the cash required has been more painful then it needed to be. We’ll fix that. SK: With this ‘pilot phase’ we’ve now covered a lot of the ground. We’ve really proven that we can do it and we believe this is much bigger than we thought. We are collecting a wide range of material that we can use on multiple proje…
May 2011 – Jimmy reports back on the pilot phase News
…ng and 2 artists to develop the influences sessions and c) to upgrade archiving hardware and software and to fully training the Singing Wells team (and future trainees) in archiving. We are seeking funds from NGO’s, Corporate and Individual Sponsors and will work with sponsors to develop Phase Three in a way that achieves the Singing Wells objectives and serve sponsors’ fund raising requirements. Jimmy May 2011, London …
Lake Turkana Cultural Festival 2011 News
…ation among the local communities around Lake Turkana by giving them an opportunity for cross-cultural cooperation and exchange, both in the preparation and in the course of the Festival. During the three days Festival, representatives of the Rendille, El Molo, Pokot, Samburu, Turkana, Gabbra, Dassanech and Borana present their respective customs and living conditions, spectacular traditional costumes, arts and crafts, dances and music to each oth…
Discovering music roots with SWP News
…y embedded there). The boys were thrilled by the simple yet effective outdoor recording suite, the software – Pro Tools 9 – the Mac Book and all that sound capture gadgetry (listed elsewhere). On our first day of recording, Bado – son and back up vocalist for his father’s Mwanzele Nyerere wa Konde Music Club – was mesmerized by the equipment’s clear sound picking in an outdoor environment. The equipment is now tried and tested and we’re geared up…
More Ketebul voices…Steve reports from the field News
…ls, gives us his reflections of the March Pilot. We’ve added pictures and more importantly sound samples to his reviews, so well worth a listen! We are back in Nairobi after a week in the field recording material for the pilot phase of the Singing Wells project. This was a culmination of months of planning and exchange of email correspondence between Abubilla Music and Ketebul Music. Day 1: The Briefing Jimmy and Andy from Abubilla Music, came t…
What we learned from the pilot phase News
…on field recording and project like this. We want to recruit a set of new folks that want to learn and take on similar projects. Fund Raising: We need funds to complete the pilot output and the November project. We are very confident that this project will be hugely appealing to NGO’s, Corporate sponsors and individuals who want to share what is truly a once in a lifetime experience. That’s it for now. Of course, there is far more we will be doin…