The New Heroes - Credits
Composed by Christopher Hedge
For Cathy Hedge
Recorded February 2004 through March 2005 at The Magic Shop in San Francisco
Engineered by Christopher Hedge - Assisted by Benjamin Tinker
CD Sequenced by Scott Dewar, Benjamin Tinker and Christopher Hedge
Mixed by Christopher Hedge
Review and Remix Assisted by Sharon Reese-Hedge
Mastered by Roger Nichols
Cover Images - Scott Dewar
Art Director - Susan Piozet
Additional Images Mitchell Wilson and the directors of The New Heroes
Christopher Hedge:
12 String, 6 String, Electric, and Nylon Guitars, Bass, Kalimba, Piano, Percussion, Loops and re-sampled instruments, Background Vocals, additional strings.
Paul Horn:
C Flute, Alto Flute, Bass Flute, Nose Flute, Navajo Flute, Eagle Bone Flute, Ti Tzi Flute
Titos Sompa:
Voice, Kalimba, African Drum, Percussion
Julian Smedley:
Violin, Viola, Tibetan Bowls, Vocals
Alam Khan: Sarod
Debopriyo Sarkar: Tabla
I Sing Lama: Nepalese Flute (The New Heroes Pt. 1, Pt. 3, In Good Faith) Recorded in Kathmandu, Nepal
Edward McClary: Acoustic Drums (Ok oK)
Daniel Parenti: Acoustic Bass (Ok oK)
Jacques Collins: African Drum (The Appropriate Technology)
Gary Brown: Electric Bass (A Common Song)
Clean – Beats (Sompop)
Choir: Ballantine Memorial School Girls Choir – Suva, Fiji (The New Heroes Pt. 1,2,3)
Fire sounds and Log Drum: (Provider) – The Firewalkers of Beqa Island - Fiji
Shenai Sample: (In Good Faith) from Zero-G – “Deepest India” library
Gamelan - Re-sampled from San Raras
Terence Disley: (Ok oK) Original piano in documentary version
Alexandra Olney: (Grameen Bank) Vocals in documentary version
African Drum Performance – Ferdinand Batantou and students
Additional Instruments: Recorded in Kathmandu, Nepal 2001
Sushil Bishwakarma, Rojendra Karna, Khadga Garbusa, Achyut Dawadi, Bhim Basnet, Rajiv Shah
Many sounds from the documentary series became musical instruments in these recordings. I would like to acknowledge the directors for providing these significant ‘Audio Photographs’.
Carl Byker, Mitch Wilson – Red Hill Productions
Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk, Camille Servan-Schreiber – Actual Films
Charles Stuart – Stuart Television Productions
The New Heroes:
Kailash Satyarthi –Global March Against Child Labor
Moses Zulu – Zambia Children’s Town
Mimi Silbert – The Delancey Street Foundation
Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy – Aravind Eye Hospitals
David Green – Aurolab
Martin Fisher and Nick Moon – ApproTEC
Fabio Rosa – Institute for Development of Natural Energy and Sustainability
Muhammad Yunus – The Grameen Bank
Maria Tete Leal – Coopa-Roca
Albina Ruiz Rios – Alternativa
Inderjit Khurana – Ruchika Social Service Organization
Dina Abdel Wahab – The Baby Academy
Sompop Chantraka – Daughters Education Program
Thank you to my own Heroes on this project:
Robert Grove, Michael S. Malone, Jeff Skoll, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Virginie Mounkala-N’Kodia-Collins, The Villagers of Beqa Island, The Poets (Ed McClary, Julian Smedley, Scott Dewar), Brandi and Victor, Ryan and Nick, Clay and Celeste Gantz, Francie Dillon, William Hedge, Nancy Lytle, Scott Clemens, Kathy Dewar, Randy and Beverly DeKuyper, David and Aileen Olney, Chris Robinson, Tom and Nancy Vendetti, Larry Johnson and Neil Young, Toshi Onuki, Professor Charles Hagar, Brian Botell and Cutting Edge Audio Group, Total Media Group, Anthony Choy, Bruce Hamady, Drew Hagen, Rod Mikkels and InVision, Phil Schwenk, Michael Moritz, Aldo Panattone, Fred Catero, Sandy Miranda and KPFA
Special Thanks to:
Sharon – for every note and endless love
Benjamin Tinker – for your help and encouragement every day
Joseph F. Hedge - for naming “Provider” and for teaching me what it means to be a father
Mary Hedge – for love and, just like these heroes, for all the lives you have saved
Dr. Allen Reese – for the music and the thousands of people you have healed
Hazel Reese – for inspiration, love and courage
John Borel – for the motivation to travel, listen and learn
Paul Horn – mentor, friend and compass for honesty in music and life
Ned Hearn – for integrity, and as so many musicians have, I add my thank you to the long list
Mitchell Markus and Triloka Records – for believing in this music
The New Heroes was recorded with ProTools HD, Ableton Live, Propellerhead Reason, MOTU Digital Performer, MOTU Mach 5, Don Buchla Lightning II, Sennheiser Binaural Microphones AKG and Neuman Microphones and Apple computers.