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per_soloGot a call from my sister, after she had gotten in to work this evening.
She thanked me for the CD Project I'd done several years ago.
SEVERAL years ago, after it was found out that my grandfather had cancer, and hopes weren't high, I conceived of a project. I would interview him, and my grandmother, and then put them onto CD, in order to preserve his voice, and to get some of our family history down. At first, it was so my niece would have something to remember her great-grandfather by..
Well, Grandpa died, and I tried for a month to get the audio from cassette into my computer...with NO luck...to the point that I almost destroyed my radio...(I wanted to throw it out a window). Later, after about 8 or 9 months, found out how I'd been hooking it up wrong..tried again, and Viola, it started working. A girl at work, graphic genius that she was, helped me come up with a design using the pictures I'd had scanned, so that there would be an actual case for the CDs...at this point, it was a two CD project, for each grandparent. Had Grandpa's ready for the next Christmas (tho, with my inexperience at the time, there is a noticeable 2 second lag between tracks), and Grandma's the Christmas after (With no 2 second pause).
Several members of the family haven't listened to the CDs, or just listened to a little bit..My sister said she hadn't ever really listened to all of it, because of fear of the memories it would bring, or the sadness. But, here recently, she'd just started listening to them, and was amazed. Lots of history she didn't know, some of it sad, with how Grandpa had to grow up, some of it fun..and some of it sad when Grandpa considered the future. One VERY cool bit is a memory that Grandpa had, a story he told, and then Grandma told it from a totally different perspective in her interview...He hadn't told her any of what he'd said, but it was just one of those pieces that was a neat click.
Did they tell me everything? Oh, hell no...Grandpa was always a "You remember the good times, and not so much the bad" type person...but, we got enough of the family stuff in there...and that stuff is gold.
Anyways....Sis said that, as she's been driving to work, she's been listening to the CDs...and that they've had a calming influence on her, and she really likes them. And she wanted to call from work and thank me.
:-)
She thanked me for the CD Project I'd done several years ago.
SEVERAL years ago, after it was found out that my grandfather had cancer, and hopes weren't high, I conceived of a project. I would interview him, and my grandmother, and then put them onto CD, in order to preserve his voice, and to get some of our family history down. At first, it was so my niece would have something to remember her great-grandfather by..
Well, Grandpa died, and I tried for a month to get the audio from cassette into my computer...with NO luck...to the point that I almost destroyed my radio...(I wanted to throw it out a window). Later, after about 8 or 9 months, found out how I'd been hooking it up wrong..tried again, and Viola, it started working. A girl at work, graphic genius that she was, helped me come up with a design using the pictures I'd had scanned, so that there would be an actual case for the CDs...at this point, it was a two CD project, for each grandparent. Had Grandpa's ready for the next Christmas (tho, with my inexperience at the time, there is a noticeable 2 second lag between tracks), and Grandma's the Christmas after (With no 2 second pause).
Several members of the family haven't listened to the CDs, or just listened to a little bit..My sister said she hadn't ever really listened to all of it, because of fear of the memories it would bring, or the sadness. But, here recently, she'd just started listening to them, and was amazed. Lots of history she didn't know, some of it sad, with how Grandpa had to grow up, some of it fun..and some of it sad when Grandpa considered the future. One VERY cool bit is a memory that Grandpa had, a story he told, and then Grandma told it from a totally different perspective in her interview...He hadn't told her any of what he'd said, but it was just one of those pieces that was a neat click.
Did they tell me everything? Oh, hell no...Grandpa was always a "You remember the good times, and not so much the bad" type person...but, we got enough of the family stuff in there...and that stuff is gold.
Anyways....Sis said that, as she's been driving to work, she's been listening to the CDs...and that they've had a calming influence on her, and she really likes them. And she wanted to call from work and thank me.
:-)
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Date: 2005-02-16 12:10 am (UTC)I'd give anything to hear my grandfather's voice again. Every time Superbowl Sunday hits, I remember and miss him... and think of sitting in my dorm room for an entire day reading Psi Force. I know there are video tapes with him on them; he and my dad were both camcorder hounds. We should collect them together.
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Date: 2005-02-16 02:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-16 03:00 pm (UTC)I know what you mean...It's been a few years since I listened to the Cds, and keep thinking that I ought to...and, my sister wants to do the same thing, with video conversion..she is already noticing that some of the tapes are starting to just show a hint of degradation..so, she wants them converted to DVD, so they last.
I was glad she called..I didn't realize just how much til I hung up the phone, and realized later that I had that goofy grin on my face.
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Date: 2005-02-16 05:46 am (UTC)I should put them to CD/MP3. Thanks for that.
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Date: 2005-02-16 03:01 pm (UTC)