GET YOUR ROOSTER ON!
We want your rooster!
(Rooster audio, that is…)
Submission form is at the bottom of this page.
A few details before you submit:
By submitting audio, you're saying that that you recorded the audio yourself and own it free and clear, and that you agree to grant the producers of BIRDCALLS! what's called "a non-exclusive, perpetual license." That means we get to edit and use your recording in phones and websites and other gadgets and media anywhere, for as long as we like, in exchange for crediting you by name. You maintain ownership and copyright of your submitted audio, and can place it elsewhere, if you like.
Now get your rooster on!
A few details before you submit:
- This call for rooster audio is open from August 20 until 8:28 pm Eastern, Aug. 28, 2016.
- Said rooster audio should be locally sourced. Bonus points if it's recorded within city limits of Takoma Park, MD.
- Audio should be in .wav, .mp3 or .m4a format (.wav preferred).
- Be intrepid, but please, no guerrilla recording tactics. This is about a chicken. Be kind to the animals. WWRD?
- Submit 30-90 seconds of un-edited audio using the form below.
- Rooster audio for BIRDCALLS! TAKOMA PARK will be chosen by project creator David Schulman. He's looking for a strong recording that will "sound like a rooster" through the lo-fi earpiece of a rugged old pay phone, so his choice may in the end seem idiosyncratic. Oh well …
- "Grand" prize: David will treat the recordist of the winning rooster audio to an omelette (or vegan equivalent) at Mark's Kitchen. In Takoma Park, nothing else will do!
- Rooster means rooster. No matter how talented your cat or husband may be, please, no rooster impersonations! We can tell ...
- Recording birds, even loud domesticated species, can be challenging!
- Once you've found a candidate rooster, be patient. (Roosters are reported to crow more actively during certain times of day...)
- That rooster belongs to somebody! Make friends with the rooster's caretaker if you can. Maybe offer them a copy of your recording — they might help get you closer to the talent!
- Point your mic in the right direction. Get it as close as you can to the bird's beak so that the rooster is "on mic," as they say down at NPR.
- As much as possible, avoid conversation and the making of "human noises" while you are recording.
- Listen for other noises in the background that may be distracting. Some ambient sounds are great (summer insects, other chickens clucking). Others, not so great (construction noises, human voices, the sounds of your hand rubbing the mic or recorder).
- Wait that extra minute. Time passes slowly when a recorder is on.
- Choose your best continuous, un-edited excerpt of 30-90 seconds (no longer than that) to submit.
By submitting audio, you're saying that that you recorded the audio yourself and own it free and clear, and that you agree to grant the producers of BIRDCALLS! what's called "a non-exclusive, perpetual license." That means we get to edit and use your recording in phones and websites and other gadgets and media anywhere, for as long as we like, in exchange for crediting you by name. You maintain ownership and copyright of your submitted audio, and can place it elsewhere, if you like.
Now get your rooster on!
