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Press Release: August 9, 2024
Friday Field Notes
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ETULO NEW TESTAMENT – Rev. Chuck and Karen Tessaro
Chuck had an interesting experience with the Etulo group. One day while going through Luke with the Etulo team, they got to a verse that
looked good to Chuck, and so he said, “That verse is okay.” One member of the Etulo team quickly responded, “What do you mean? How can that verse be okay? That verse is not okay.”
The teams work hard and are always ready to defend their work. However, this team member was doing the opposite! The issue was in Luke 22:56-57. A number of versions state in verse 56 that a servant girl saw Peter. Then in verse 57, Peter addresses her as “Woman.” The Etulo translation followed those versions closely. The member of the Etulo team objected, wondering how a person could be both a girl and a woman at the same time. In a number of languages and cultures in Nigeria, people pass through two stages before becoming a woman or a man. First a person is a younger girl or boy, then an older girl or boy, and then a woman or a man. Many languages have specific terms for each of the stages but there is not an English equivalent that I can think of. After some discussion, the Etulo team was okay with it and we moved on.
VILLAGE RECORDING – Rob and Eshinee Veith
Stephanie, Steven, and I worked on two significant recording projects together. We worked first with a choral group. They had prepared ten songs, all written by Steven, with arrangements mostly done. We tracked the singers, and I showed them mixing tricks.
Second, we recorded songs Steven had composed for a traditional ensemble. The traditional group normally played live, so the method used by the choir of taking turns overdubbing tracks would be unnatural to them. They did a lot of improvising with each other and needed to be able to see, hear, and even move around each other to play their best. I set up to the studio to get a maximum amount of separation between the performers while still keeping their live improvisational feel. Most of the microphones were handheld; we followed the musicians around the studio as they danced and marched.
The hope now is that Steven and Stephanie will use this crash course in recording software to complete these projects as well as others they have in their work queue. I will continue to consult on the work from a distance as needed and may return to Tanzania for a future trip in a year or so, Lord willing.
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