Over the last few years this has been extended to non-formal music recording workshops to teach local young musicians the GarageBand program, free software available on Macintosh computers. Now musicians like Chris Reid and Nathan Brown from the Alunytjuru Band are able to independently record and produce their own CDs and create the CD covers, with the oral texts translated and transcribed by young women like Natalie O’Toole. CDs are then advertised on the internet and distributed for sale in Aboriginal music retail outlets.

Introductory:

Ngaanyatjarra Media is located at Wingellina (Irrunytju) community some 700 kms from Alice Springs. Ngaanyatjarra Media has been responsible for radio, film, and music production, broadcasting and training across the Ngaanyatjarra region and has promoted language and culture maintenance. Since 2003 Ngaanyatjarra Media has established Telecentres to provide public access computers containing information and applications that are meaningful to local people.

Project Partner Website:

www.waru.org/ngmedia/index.html

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