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Whitley Special Needs Music
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Recordist's notes
Recording of a special needs music group enjoying karaoke and enthusiastically playing along with percussion. Made whilst working with local people to engage with the sounds of the local environment in Whitley. Recorded from the entrance hall on a Tascam DR-05 using the in-built microphones.
About the place
Reading is a city of about 318,014 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 153 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Tascam DR-05. A budget handheld with omnidirectional stereo microphones.
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Sources & credits
- “Reading, UK - Whitley Special Needs Music” by Richard Bentley – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0