Yes, that is why I prefer "open horn" events to bringing in "stars" and their egos. Put the word out to a decent local high school band. The kids will get a bigger kick out of the event than any "star" might. -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Biel" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Fw: New cylinder recordings ..... !!! > At an ARSC Conference in Nashville, Peter Dilg produced a cylinder > recording session with a group from the Fisk Jubilee Singers. ARSC > recorded it and I videotaped it, but the director of the singers, not > understanding what the word "historic" means. asked that they not be > distributed. > > Mike Biel [log in to unmask] > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Fw: New cylinder recordings ..... !!! > From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, October 03, 2013 12:23 pm > To: [log in to unmask] > > That was a really neat video, thanks for the link. > > Related -- the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting recently held an "open horn" > event at the Science Museum > of Minnesota. Details here: > http://museumofbroadcasting.org/soundscience.pdf > > Next time an ARSC Conference is within driving distance of St. Paul, we > should ask Steve Raymer to > come over and do an "open horn" for us at one of the morning sessions. > > Note all the audio/recording/broadcasting history stuff in the Pavek's > collection. Definitely worth > a visit if you have any interest in the technical history of > audio/sound. > > -- Tom Fine > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hooyenga, Susan Marie" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 11:15 AM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Fw: New cylinder recordings ..... !!! > > >> Thanks for posting these links! Wonderful. >> >> Susan Hooyenga >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf >> Of Chris J Brady >> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 5:03 AM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Fw: New cylinder recordings ..... !!! >> >> Subject:National Film and Sound Archive of Australia just uploaded a video >> >> >> National Film and Sound Archive of Australia has uploaded Stiff Gins listening to their wax >> cylinder recording for the first tme >> >> Stiff Gins listening to their wax cylinder recording for the first time >> >> by National Film and Sound Archive of Australia >> >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxBTgpKXKOw >> >> Musical duo Nardi Simpson and Kaleena Briggs, AKA the Stiff Gins, listening to the wax cylinder >> of >> their song 'Dust' for the very first time. In early 2013 the Stiff Gins approached the NFSA, >> asking about the possibility of recording a wax cylinder. Nardi Simpson and Kaleena Briggs had >> come across the cylinder recordings made by Tasmanian Aboriginal woman Fanny Cochrane Smith in >> the >> early years of last century and they were intrigued by the idea of making such a recording as >> part >> of the developmental work for a new show. >> >> > >