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Accuracy versus entertainment – 10 rounds, no decision

March 29, 2013 by Martha

Nearly 140 interviews into the tenor book, I’m wrestling with accuracy versus entertainment. Trying to wrangle all the material from binders full of transcripts and tapes yet to be transcribed. The art of transcription – typing up a verbatim record of the conversation – is hard. The hardest part, and I’m not kidding, is deciding …

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Hey, old friend / What d’ya say, old friend?

April 8, 2012 by Martha

Today: recovering from a particularly intense (and tense) week at work, intended to catch up on homework for my class. What did I actually do? Spent every moment I could find with my old friend, The Tenor Book: organized files, electronic and paper glanced at some of the work I’d done over the years, both …

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The Tenor Book - camera, film, marker, contact sheets

Once again

April 1, 2012 by Martha

The Tenor Book. During the last 14 years, this project has variously been my frustration, my focus or my inspiration. Sometimes all those at once. More than 100 interviews, 65,000+ miles of travel and hundreds of hours in, I’ve dealt with one derailment after another. ‘Life getting in the way’ I call it. I don’t …

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