Guess who's coming to dinner? The Gyuto monks.
The Gyuto monks have set off from their monastery, the Gyuto Tantric University, in India, almost every year since the 1980s to present the sacred Tibetan Buddhist tradition of polyphonic chanting. In the midst of another tour of the US, they do a sleep over in LA and producer Julie Adler joins in.
Fascinating. Want to know more about sleepover. Good radio voice. Good Luck.
Really enjoyed this and want to hear more. This is interesting radio.
JG
i loved hearing julie's story. her storytelling style is energetic, compassionate and soothing! i really enjoyed it!
How nice to hear another story on the Gyuto Monks. When they were in Seattle, I and another reporter covered there performance and Mandala creation. I loved your piece on the personal side of having the Monks stay in your home.
Great job.
Rebecca Wirtel
Whatever you vividly imagine, earnestly desire and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass.
Great set up for what is obviously a longer work. I might be a little biased because I love monks and they are fasinating. You have a pleasent voice and a gently inquisitive personality. Maybe the gentleness that I perceived was partly due to the topic as well, though.
What quality work. It's thrilling to hear.
Hi, it's a good concept, and the monks are certainly a potentially interesting group to study. But you butchered the piece through the use of inane details, like your own journey to the house, the name of the hosts, the repition of the fact you are in southern california, what you ate for dinner... blah blah blah. Why not more of that incredible audio??? That's one of radio's advantages over other forms of media: the ability to actually hear these original chanting sounds. Much better than reading a story about them.... Good luck, but next time focus more on the subject at hand. It is clouded by peripheral focus... Sharper editing might have shown that???
I'm not trying to be negative on here, just hoping I am honest and helpful.
-- mine is at http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/6633
I appreciate your concern but this was taken out of the context of a longer piece. The entire piece was about 'hanging out' with the monks at someone's house overnight and getting a more intimate and candid feel for what it's like to be 'on tour' in the States, their impressions, etc. and in reference to your comment about hearing more of the chanting, it's all there...in the longer version. I just submitted the first two min b/c that is what is required for the contest. But if you are interested, please go to http://www.thetibetconnection.org/archive.html and scroll down to the March 30th program and there it is.
It sounds really good, and I wanted to go listen to the full length story right away after hearing the clip.
Interesting, enlightening, and I walked through it with you the whole way.
Jimmy
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Illuminating, enlightning and thoroughly engaging.
Beautifully produced. A joy to listen to. Look forward to more.
Jacki
Loved it and excited to hear more from you.
vivian
This is amazing. I too felt like I was listening to an actual NPR story. Your craftswomanship is much admired. That ending is very powerful and left us with begging bowls in hand.
I hope to hear you in round two.
Rebecca
...is what I got at that ending!
I like the way your voice is intelligent but has a ruffle of vulnerability that is 'hostly'--
Good luck to you Julie, it's a classy entry!
My audio:
http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/6939
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http://www.iconsandsacredimages.com
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What first attracted me to your entry was the fact that it involved the Gyuto monks, who I admire and respect greatly. Then, as I listened, I suddenly found myself feeling as though it was an actual NPR program, and was disappointed when your two minutes ended -- I wanted to hear the rest!
Good job, and good luck.
Just go to http://www.thetibetconnection.org and click on 'Listen to Past programs' at the top of the screen, scroll down to the Mar. 30th program...it's a really fun segment...and I really did sleep over with the monks...they were great!
thanks for your good wishes.
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