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<p>Dear Friends, </p>
<p>I'd like to invite you to participate in a <strong>special project
of radio aporee</strong> and the World Listening Project for the first
World Listening Day, on Sunday, July 18, 2010. </p>
<p>Radio aporee is an open project about the creation and exploration
of public space. Its creator, Udo Noll asks you for help in creating an
"audio snapshot of the world" as heard and recorded on World Listening
Day. Aporee maps uses the Google maps interface to allow anyone to
easily find their location on the map, then upload their audio via the
web or mobile phone. </p>
<p>We're inviting you to send an audio recording from your actual
location, or other places of your interest on this day to the maps: <a
href="http://aporee.org/maps/">http://aporee.org/maps/</a>. </p>
<p>With your contributions collected on World Listening Day, Udo will
then create a dedicated project page on the aporee map. As Udo says,
"…besides having a nice documentation, I'm really intrigued by the
idea of listening to the sounds of a particular day, around the
world...." I'm very curious about what will happen, too. </p>
<p><strong>Specifications for uploading</strong> </p>
<p>WEBSITE: <a href="http://aporee.org/maps/" target="_blank">http://aporee.org/maps/</a>
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<p>FORMAT: mp3, 128-320 kbit, 44.1 or 48 kHz (for best audio quality,
we recommend bitrates of 224, 256 or 320 kbps) </p>
<p>FILE SIZE: max. 25 MB </p>
<p>PLEASE NOTE: Contributors should type a tag "WLD" or "world
listening day" in the keywords field, so that it can be found by
searches. </p>
<p>Please be patient while uploading, depending on your connection this
may take a while. </p>
<p>Below are <strong>basic instructions</strong> on how to send sounds
(upload) to the radio aporee soundmap at <u><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://aporee.org/maps/">http://aporee.org/maps/</a></u>
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<li>You don't need a login in order to participate, just a valid
email address. </li>
<li>Find the location of your audio on the map and click on it </li>
<li>A small pops open that says "new place, add recording" with three
choices: upload sound, fetch sound from URL, and phone call. </li>
<li>Select whichever method you're using to upload, navigate to the
file if it's on your computer, fill in the form fields for info and
email address, then click "ok" </li>
<li>Once your audio file has uploaded to the aporee server, check
your email for a message from radio aporee </li>
<li>In the message you are provided with a link to confirm and edit
the info about your audio submission, please remember to TAG YOUR
SUBMISSION: "world listening day" and/or "WLD" </li>
<li>Once that's done your sound will appear on <a
href="http://aporee.org/maps/">http://aporee.org/maps/</a>. </li>
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<p>Questions? Contact: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:radio@aporee.org">radio@aporee.org</a> or visit the <a
href="http://aporee.org/maps/info/forum/?CategoryID=2">Help &
How-to</a> on radio aporee page. </p>
<p>--
</p>
<p>The purposes of World Listening Day are: </p>
<ul>
<li>To celebrate the practice of listening as it relates to the world
around environmental awareness, acoustic ecology, and us </li>
<li>To raise awareness about issues related to the <a
href="http://www.sfu.ca/%7Etruax/wsp.html" title="link to WSP"
target="_blank">World Soundscape Project</a>, <a
href="http://www.worldlisteningproject.org/" title="link to WLP"
target="_blank">World Listening Project</a>, <a
href="http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/WFAE/home/" target="_blank">World
Forum for Acoustic Ecology</a>, including individual and group efforts
to creatively explore phonography </li>
<li>To design and implement educational initiatives which explore
these concepts and practices </li>
</ul>
<p>--- </p>
<p>You'll find the press release and further information on world
Listening Day at <a href="http://www.worldlisteningproject.org/?p=667">http://www.worldlisteningproject.org/?p=667</a>
</p>
<p>--- </p>
<p>All the best,</p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Eric Leonardson, founder
Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE)
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info@mwsae.org">info@mwsae.org</a>
Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mwsae.org">http://mwsae.org</a>
WLP web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.worldlisteningproject.org">http://www.worldlisteningproject.org</a>
Skype: worldlistening
Mobile: 773-218-5796</pre>
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