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11 Dec 02 - 05:30 PM (#845517) Subject: Broadband - folk films? &c From: McGrath of Harlow We've just upgraded to a better broadband cable connection for the computer - so I'm looking to find ways of taking advantage of this. In particular I'm thinking of a few sites with film field recordings which have come up on the Mudcat over the years. With the old connection the quality wasn't too good, and though I bookmarked them I lost the information when the computer went walkabout. So has anybody has any useful links or pointers? (Indeed any suggestions, not just folk field recordings, because there are a lot of interesting things out there which I should now have better access to.) |
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11 Dec 02 - 08:06 PM (#845628) Subject: RE: Broadband - folk films? From: Mr Red My recording of a collected song runs to 82Mbytes poor qality AVI for 3 minutes. Even MP2 won't get that down much and still look good - but we are moving in the right direction. I am putting it on CD and have a CD resident MAcrobat which apparently works on a Mac. The PC version works a treat. And I still have 400 Mbytes left on the CD. A more user friendly medium at present, I submit. |
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11 Dec 02 - 08:16 PM (#845636) Subject: RE: Broadband - folk films? From: McGrath of Harlow Here's a film I found with Alan Lomax promoting his Global Jukebox project - and it looks a lot better with my present connection (600 k) rather than the old one, which was a tenth of that. |
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11 Dec 02 - 09:03 PM (#845658) Subject: RE: Broadband - folk films? From: McGrath of Harlow And here is an amazing version of Amazing Grace, by The Blind Boys of Alabama, to the tune of the House of the Rising Sun, from the Library of Congress site. |
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12 Dec 02 - 12:46 PM (#846005) Subject: RE: Broadband - folk films? From: McGrath of Harlow And here's one that came up on the Cat and I was looking for it and found it - Folkstreams, with a bunch of great films that look a lot better this time round. |
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12 Dec 02 - 06:00 PM (#846240) Subject: RE: Broadband - folk films? From: Burke Sweet is the Day: A Sacred Harp Family Portrait tells the story of the Woottens, one of the key singing families who have helped Sacred Harp music survive and flourish for more than 150 years. Producer/Folklorist Erin Kellen and Director Jim Carnes intertwine scenes of family gatherings, singing conventions, and farm life in the Sand Mountain region of northeast Alabama with family recollections and more than a dozen songs from the revered shape-note tradition. The video explores how Sacred Harp singing is about more than just music — it is a life-shaping force, reflected by tradition, deep spiritual belief, and the community that embraces it. |
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12 Dec 02 - 07:37 PM (#846324) Subject: RE: Broadband - folk films? From: McGrath of Harlow And this site has a rather substandard video of Country Joe MacDonald performing a few songs - but he sounds OK. Sits down these days, sensible man.(And there's other stuff here too, such as spots by the Who and the Rolling Stones). |