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Tribal Voices News January 2000
(for latest uptodate news please see
homepage ).
07 january 2000 yesterday sampled and uploaded more real audio and uploaded to
the realaudio directory at phreak.
04jan2000: see www.dicenews.com/tv
Tribal Voices at dicenews
31november1999
I've uploaded some real audio sound samples,
first make sure you've got
3 frames ,
then load tvmm.htm into the thin frame.
October1999: help needed capturing and uploading sounds and videos please, also lots of space for more poems and arts etcetera,
Please contact us
11july1999:
we're off to the Moonshadow eclipse Camp 1-21 August
www.eclipse.co.uk/moonshadow
Telephone
+44 01736 788 926
FAX
+44 01736 788 926
Postal address
PO Box 99 Penzance TR20 8ZQ
Tribal Voices / Mandala stage was at Glastonbury
Space Goats CD SG23 is now out,
see
mandala for details
13may1999:
Laura said she'll be a phone contact - 01404-812030
uploaded polarkin.htm -
Clive and Chrissy's multimedia project webpage
www.dicenews.com/tv is a new homepage
for tribal voices - easier to quote down the phone!
www.dicenews.com is george's links page
There's rumours of a tape 5 being prepared, but a birth interrupted things
the musicians will be out and about this summer
new John Pendragon webpage
5January1999: videos?
13December 1998: please help (phone 07970-378-572)
Tribal Voices News 1998 by Tim
Hopefully you will have noticed our fantastic
new layout. We would appreciate
feedback and ideas from you
Recording News
June 1998:
'The Gathering' - the new double album tape has been mixed.
We're flat out with loads of work - designing the cover - tracking down potential funding,
watching videos, organising more tapes, editing audio stuff and sorting out advertising.
the Tribal Voices Recording Camp was held in September 1997 at Coombe Farm in Devon.
It was a great success; we managed to accommodate, feed and record over 150 artists over the 10 days.
60 tracks of music were recorded in the studio,
and 9 hours of music recorded around the camp by Chris Troth.
The process was held up by the unfortunate purchase of a dodgy batch of BASF DCC tapes,
a lot of time has been spent transferring the recordings onto more manageable tapes,
this enabled us to have a backup, which has helped solve some of the problems with the final mixes.
Release date June 1998
most of the interviews filmed at the camp need redoing.
Computer editing gear could cost around £3,500 anyone got any spare cash,
or know of any equipment we can use..
'The Gathering'
the new double album tape has been mixed. We are in the process of
designing the cover, only one artist has sent cover artwork (thank you
Sophie!), if you have any artwork to contribute send it to Vicki
NOW!
the Tribal Voices Recording Camp was
held in September 1997 at Coombe Farm in Devon. It was a great
success; we managed to accommodate, feed and record over 150
artists over the 10 days. A big thank you to all of you for your
help. Those who didn't make it - Sorry you missed out on the most
positive and creative camp of the year.
60 tracks of music were recorded in the studio, and
9 hours of music recorded around the camp by Chris Troth.
The process was held up by the unfortunate purchase of a dodgy batch
of BASF DCC tapes, a lot of time has been spent transferring the
recordings onto more manageable tapes, this will enable us to have a
backup should we have further problems.
The Poster - There is a colour poster available
to promote tapes 1&2, if you'd like one contact Clive &
Chrissie. If anyone knows of somewhere to get laminating done cheaply
contact them as well.
EVENTS
Dragon Village Glastonbury Festival 1998
- We have the green light for a collective alternative space
- stage, workshops, food, craft stalls, slide shows, displays,
crèche etc. Yip, Yip, Yip! It will be a central field in
the low impact area - this means no vehicles at all.
Buddhafield Festival (15th to
19th July) and the Big Green Gathering
(29th July to 2nd August) both want us to
set up Tribal Voice spaces.
Laura is
co-ordinating a Storytelling Lodge at the Big Green
Gathering and the Buddhafield Festival this year. You're all
welcome to come along and tell stories or listen to others.
check out the Earth Diaryfor more
details
Tribal Visions
Tribal Visions
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Max and Raven bought along their video cameras and kindly shot a lot of
footage in the studio and around the camp. Also Ingrid filmed some
interviews. We have around 20 hours of film so far - we would like to do
more interviews over the next couple of months. We feel it is time we
made our own stand in the media, and want to collect some action footage
of the protest camps of the last 5 years to help tell the whole film
story -
please get in touch with us if you know of anyone with suitable
footage.
We would like to put together a 1-hour video including music,
narrative, interviews and historic documentary footage - lets tell our
story our way! We are looking for funding to help us do this - any
helpful suggestions will be gratefully received. If you know of anyone
who doesn't want to be included in the film please let us
know |
The Film The Network
for Social Change gave us (Polarkin) £500 towards a video camera.
Clive and Chrissie then spent 6 months applying for grants for
video editing equipment, office space and running costs.
Unfortunately we were turned down for being "too politically
sensitive". The film project is now being put on hold while Clive
and Chrissie concentrate on the Crystal Palace Campaign and other
projects.
Storybook
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At the camp, several of us
discussed the idea of combining storytelling and music into a tape and
perhaps a book, for children of all ages. Anyone who has ideas for tales
in whatever form - interesting sounds, bare bones of stories, words and
pictures, story making techniques etc. Please bring them along to the
January meet, where we could find some space to share them. If you can't
make it, send them to 'Spider's Web', Gerway Farm (same address as
Jonno's above).
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Performing Rights Society
Anyone who has released 3 or more songs/ music is
eligible to join PRS as a lifetime member. It costs £50 to join, you
register all the songs/music you've written/part written and they
collect royalties on your behalf every time you perform at a large
venue/festival, or your tracks are played on radio/TV. For those of you
who perform regularly on large stages at Glastonbury it is well
worthwhile. Several tracks on TV1 & 2 have been played regularly on
Japanese Radio, through Dave Goodman's New Age Radio Show: Selena,
Flora, Dongas and Feth.
Phone PRS on 0171 580 5544 to ask for an application
form, applications go before a board meeting once a year and take a few
months to process.
A Co-operative Approach
Radical Routes - Vicki went to the
Radical Routes Meeting at Keveral Farm in Cornwall recently.
Radical Routes is the Co-Op of Co-Ops, they provide start up help
to co-ops and low interest loans of up to £40,000 for workers and
housing co-ops. It might be worth Tribal Voices thinking about
adopting a co-operative structure, but I'm not sure how it would
work. If you're interested in getting more info contact Vicki
The Tribal Voices Winter Gathering
It all happened in January at the Future Earth
centre in Chingford, London. A big thank you to everyone there
for making us so welcome. Not only did we have a great time
catching up with everyone, but we even managed to have a couple
of meetings (wondrously facilitated by Melski). Lots and lots of
notes were made, which would have cost a fortune to print out in
their totality, so I have synthesised them down into the mission statement on the front page of the
site.
Twyford Rising Book Project
Did you protest at Twyford Down? If so
you can help write a book about what happened. We want your
memories, poems, music, stories, artwork and photographs. We are
particularly short of photographs from 1992 before Yellow
Wednesday.
Friends of Twyford Down
Solid Ground
Maya
(from Heathens All) and
Paul Gill
(previously solo) have teamed
up in a duo. Their songwriting is powerful, evocative and at
times humorous, and they have two of the strongest and sweetest
voices you will ever hear. Look out for them on the festival
circuit this year.
Paul Gill's
Tape(umm...that is of course the artist formerly known as
Busker Paul!) will be available from the 10th of May.
They are £6 each including p&p and can be ordered from Paul
at: End Cottage, Wood Green Long Stratton, Norfolk.
Seize the Day formed at
Newbury Road Protest Camp in 1996. Their songs are on
contemporary themes such as roadbuilding, genetic engineering and
environmental protest. They will be performing their particular
brand of bold beautiful frontline folk at events including
Glastonbury Festival, the Big Green Gathering, Ely Folk Weekend
and Blandford Festival. "They express sentiments others only
feel about cruelty, environmental destruction and social
injustice. And they do it with energy and humour."
Ponterdawe Festival '97.
