http://www.transformaprojects.org/opensoundneworleans

Open Sound New Orleans

A wide-open, collaborative aggregate of the sounds of New Orleans, organized by location in an ever-expanding soundmap of the city.

Status: Active
Submitted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 | Last updated: Tue Jul 01, 2008
Location(s): Orleans all of New Orleans
Topics(s): Community development, Education, Other
Tag(s): soundmap, communitymedia, medialiteracy, sound, opensound, neworleans
Views: 743 | Comments: 0

Details

OpenSoundNewOrleans.com is a wiki: an open, collaborative website that anyone can edit. The Open Sound New Orleans wiki serves as an aggregate of sounds being made and recorded by people in New Orleans. The sounds added to the site are being organized by location in a google map - an ever-expanding, collaborative soundmap of the city.

Project Scope: Vision, Aim, & Objectives

Why this project is being done:

The New Orleans sound is world-renowned. But what about the sound-rich environment we hear everyday? Sound tells us who we are, where we are, and what we're about. If we start listening to ourselves, maybe others will hear, too.

Who or what this project would impact:

People all over New Orleans are recording incredible sounds that few get to hear. Maybe you can think of a sound you think others, in and outside of the city, should hear. Here's a place to start sharing and listening.

Project intends to address:

This is a chance to represent ourselves, and to archive our lives, in sound.

Included or excluded:

Absolutely anyone can listen to the recordings of others, upload their own recordings, and edit the wiki at OpenSoundNewOrleans.com - amateurs and professionals alike. If you recorded it in New Orleans, you can put it on OpenSoundNewOrleans.com

Project Timeline

Ongoing

Project Plan & Participants

Plan for implementing this project:

Those interested in participating can contact us to borrow recording equipment. We'll deliver it to you and show you how to use it. Write: opensoundneworleans@gmail.com

Help or Additional Resources Needed

Materials needed (wish list):

Audio recording equipment

Help needed from other people:

Website development help, Search engine optimization help. Anyone and everyone in the community is asked to contribute their sound recordings - anything recorded in New Orleans will do! Add you sound and link it to the ever-increasing soundmap of the city. Make requests for recordings of particular places or people. You can do it all on the website itself - http://opensoundneworleans.com

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