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Banging on Steel Panels: the sound design for Agora

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:32:37 +0000

The first word that comes to mind when I think of Noemie LaFrance’s “Agora” is BIG. It was staged in a 50,000 square foot abandoned swimming pool.

READ MORE about this sound-for-dance audio collaboration at echolaliamedia.com.

“Michael Jackson: A Life”

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:50:47 +0000

The Norm Scott Recording Archives presents one from the vault:

Michael Jackson - A Life

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This was recorded in 1985, when I was about 12. I stumbled across it literally by accident just a few days after MJ died, and posted it on Facebook as a kind of tribute, where it experienced a brief stint of viral fame.

Speak To Me!

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:33:15 +0000

Though I was disappointed that we weren't selected as a semi-finalist for the Oregon Educator's Association "Working Wonders Video Contest", working on this video was a positive and powerful experience. The video was the brainchild of Speech Language Pathologist Christine Kleinhenz and Early Interventionist Karen Stevens. Please take a look (below) at "Speak To Me; Augmentative Communication in Early Intervention".

This seems like a mouthful, but what Christine and Karen do is pretty much what it sounds like; providing alternative ways to communicate for children who are unable to communicate in traditional ways, and starting these therapies as early as possible. They do this at their home base, the Dixie School, and also by visiting families at their homes.

To make this video, they invited me to go along on several home visits to document a typical day in the life of an SLP. Karen, Christine, and the families we visited were very receptive to the project, and generous with their time and resources. The goal was to help promote awareness for speech therapy programs, which are largely unknown to the general public, and very certainly underfunded.

Christine, Karen, my SLP wife Kristin :), and all the other speechies in the Linn-Benton-Lincoln Education Service District are all "Working Wonders" to me!

Normbot 2.0

admin — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:41:18 +0000

Hi, it’s me, Norm. “Web 2.0″ style. My old website was falling by the wayside. Thus I’ve “translated” my old website into a blog format, which I think will make things easier to navigate and less likely to degrade into the land of Old Outdated Code and become obsolete. I hope that this update will make me more “sought after” and will make my company more “desirable” to the New Elite and the Grand Masters of Social Networking, Version 7.2.