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.