Marq Vanderlaan’s Scarce Sounds
Hello. My name is Marq Vanderlaan and this is a new Grooveshark exclusive blog series called Scarce Sounds. Grooveshark’s song library is big, but doesn’t have everything. I travel the world hiking jungles, climbing mountains and following the sacred legends to discover music few have ever heard. Then I post it on Grooveshark. You may ask, who am I and why do I risk my life? I’ve been asking myself those same questions. Some call me crazy, but I can’t image doing anything else.
Last week a new uncontacted tribe was discovered near the Brazil-Peru boarder. Photo images and more about this new tribe can be found at http://www.survival-international.org/news/3340. Their passion and mystery fills each photograph.
Who are these people? What kind of music do they make? Every culture in the world makes unique music that defines them as a people. If I could hear their music, I could dive into their souls and discover who they are. I rushed to the airport to board the first flight to Lima, Peru. It’s been 8 years since my last trip to Peru–last time I did a piece on Machu Pichu.
From Lima I caught a bus to the base of the Andes Mountains.
The rugged mountain terrain made traveling slow, but 3 days later I was at the edge of the rain forest with my cassette recorder and a Quechuan guide named Acquefrita. The plan: a week’s hike to the heart of the rainforest to record the music of this previously unknown tribe for the first time. Trying not to make actual contact, for my modern world diseases would kill them; I let the mountains echo their music. This was what I heard:
So what title does one place on this song? A song that has been playing through these forests for millennium by a tribe whose name is still unknown. The only thing I could think to call it was a scarce sound.
Don’t be taken an advantage of,
Marq Vanderlaan
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