Why this site

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Background:

I grew up in”Radio Days” before television listening every day after school to The Lone Ranger, Tonto and Silver, Sergeant Preston of the North West Mounted Police and his wonder dog, King and in the evening with the lights out, The Green Hornet and The Fat Man.

Audio storytelling enchanted me, the way sounds and narration could evoke vivid pictures in my mind´s eye. They way it etches its way in your brain. I was inspired; I wanted to produce such sound pictures. Fortunately, when I immigrated to Denmark in 1961, I became the protégé  of the founder of the Feature Department at Denmark´s Radio, Willy Reunert. We were both immigrants, he, an Austrian social democrat student living in Berlin in 1938, had fled the Gestapo. I had expatriated from New York, in 1961, seeking the good life in this “welfare state”, with health care for all, good schools, free  collage education, national public broadcasting, all the good things we get for our tax money.

We both had to learn the Danish language and had our foreign accents. We both we interpreters of Danish audio culture, worked with the acoustical dimension in storytelling. I have been privileged in being able to carry on his work with audio picture painting, until retirement in 2002.

Now:

We´re in the 21 Century – and ICT with pervasive computing is deaply effecting our lives and our self understanding. Listening is vital, but overlooked; audio culture is being forgotten. Our kids are watching but not listening. Yes, music in every genre gets great attention, but not what we are exploring: audio culture. Danish audio storytelling is fading out of the national picture. We want to enhance listening skills and get young and old to reflect on the sounds around them. We want you to learn the techniques of audio expression. We want to share sound pictures of Denmark with you, in a virtual Museum for Danish Audio Culture.

Nobody else is doing this, so we´re taking on the task. We can only continue with your help.