Hi
I have Voices of Native America Vol 1+2.
Any other good options?
Thanks for your help
David
I have Voices of Native America Vol 1+2.
Any other good options?
Thanks for your help
David
Having lived in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado... and visited/studied the cultural aspects of the Pacific North West (US and Canada), I would like to offer a suggestion about Native American samples: These are different tribes, cultures and people.
I'm unfamiliar with the sample libraries mentioned, but I have done scoring that was intended to represent Native American cultures musically. Luckily, I was able to afford the time and cost of researching the work I was about to do and learned a lot!
I had produced some demo material, produced to show the production company and other mucky-mucks what I wanted to do with their money... Again, with luck, I first played the demos for some N.A. musicians I had hired as advisors on the project.
Their laughter at my demos still haunts me!
Their culture is rich and very specific. Do yourself a favor and find N.A. musicians who have knowledge and generations of experience to bring to the work you hope to deliver. Most are eager teachers!!
Hire them. Accommodate them. Learn all you can. It's hard to escape this work flow without being rewarded personally/professionally for your efforts.
The mentioned libraries do contain some information on tribe / location information (at least my memory is telling me that!) I would love to see a Kwakiutl library but I doubt that will happen! I have some limited access to the Ojibwa locally but not the means to do successful recordings. I have some limited access to the Ojibwa locally but not the means to do successful recordings.
Sadly, libraries are often all that is available. I would imagine it would be frustrating to hear someone making music with the goal of it sounding "Native American" though.
On the flipside, as a ornithologist I have to laugh every time I hear a bird call in a movie or show that is obviously not from where they are filming! Ha!