Tea Medicine Audiobook
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This campaign is to raise completion costs for an audiobook version of Tea Medicine by Wu De (Aaron Fisher). Once completed, the profits from this audiobook will go to support the 100% donation based Tea & Zen center Light Meets Life . Please share this campaign with your fellow tea lovers, friends, and family!
PRE-SALES
For each donation $40+ April 1, 2020 and after, the donor will receive a digital copy of the audiobook.
Keep an eye out for a message requesting your email address so that we can contact you when the audiobook is complete.
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STORY
Tea Medicine is a book that aims to recreate what it is like to be a tea apprentice. Guiding readers to explore a journey through Tea, each chapter is a session full of Tea wisdom and a lesson with suggestions for practice. Published in 2014 this book has already touched the lives of many readers. I (Erika Houle) am friends with the author and was inspired to create the audiobook to make the lessons accessible to a wider audience.
In the autumn of 2018, I began teaching at an arts college that serves students from a wide variety of backgrounds. In the first few months a music student with cerebral palsy who was struggling with the confines of an educational institution ended up in my office often. His disability helped him become a highly adaptable and inventive artist, but he struggled with unhealthy lifestyle choices. As we bonded, I shared my Tea practice with him and he took to it immediately. He noted the healing effects of Tea right away. As he learned the brewing form his posture improved and his face lit up.
I wanted to share my favorite book on Tea with the student, but couldn't as it was only available in print form and he is legally blind. Since I knew the author, I decided to reach out and see if we could turn it into an audiobook. In the spirit of Tea and Global Tea Hut , we decided to make it a community project. Each chapter is narrated by a different Tea community member. Wu De, the author, narrated each introductory chapter. All of the narrators donated their time and labor.
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WHAT WE NEED TO FUND
We have all of the chapters recorded (sample below), so now need to have them edited and mixed. We have a professional sound engineer on board to complete the project. Since it was recorded by 23 different narrators, the professional polish and assembly by a sound engineer will honor the efforts of everyone involved and create a pleasing final product.
TIMELINE
Our goal is to have the audiobook edited by early summer 2020 and ready for release autumn 2020.
EXPENSES
- Professional Audio Editing & Mixing
- Hard Drives
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TEAM
Author: Wu De (Aaron Fisher)
Producer: Erika Houle
Audio Engineer - Jee Yun Lee
The Narrators are all chajin (tea people) connected through the world wide community Global Tea Hut. They all cultivate tea practices and if you happen to be in their hometown (in 8 different countries) would love to share tea with you!
Narrators:
Rich Allum
Gordon Arkenberg
Mike Baas
Bernadette Cay
Kristina Clark
Nathan Cochran
Morgann DéMarks
Leigh Fanady
Na'ama Givoni
Connor Goss
Matthew Grohne
Erika Houle
Måns Kämpe
Jaanus Leplaan
Yuliya Maslyn
Sean Newman
Karen Redpath
Nikki Refghi
Trent Rhodes
Casey Shields
Rob Spinelli
Shen Su
Wu De (Aaron Fisher)
Wu De (Aaron Fisher) is an author and magazine editor based in Miaoli, Taiwan. Tea Medicine will be his first book turned into an audiobook. He writes for and edits the magainze Global Tea Hut and travels the world teaching about Cha Dao (the Way of Tea). The magazine connects well over 1,000 members in almost 65 countries. Wu De is currently doing the deep work to prepare for building the bigger and better free tea center Light Meets Life for all tea lovers to visit.
Erika Houle is a filmmaker and educator based in New York City. She first met Wu De in 2012 and really delved into a Tea practice after taking a 10 day course at the Tea Sage Hut in 2018. She has created a method to use tea to develop 35mm film and even uses spent leaves to make soap. Erika helps organize the monthly Global Tea Hut gatherings at Puerh Brooklyn teashop and other free tea events should you be in town to visit.
Jee Yun Lee is an audio recording engineer and college professor based in Long Island, NY. She has experience at Buttons Sound Inc and was the Assistant Director of Music Television Programs at Seoul Broadcasting System for the Soyo Rock Festival in Seoul, Korea. She has also has experience working in audio post production, sound design, and mixing for several indie films. She enjoys and appreciates teas and is pleased to be a part of this audiobook.
(insert of author's original photo from the book)
THANK YOU
Your support for the completion of this project will help spread the peace a life of Tea brings to new audiences. Any size donation and help sharing the campaign will be appreciated. All donations will go directly to the costs of completing the project.
PRE-SALES
For each donation $40+ April 1, 2020 and after, the donor will receive a digital copy of the audiobook.
Keep an eye out for a message requesting your email address so that we can contact you when the audiobook is complete.
(insert of author's original art from the book)STORY
Tea Medicine is a book that aims to recreate what it is like to be a tea apprentice. Guiding readers to explore a journey through Tea, each chapter is a session full of Tea wisdom and a lesson with suggestions for practice. Published in 2014 this book has already touched the lives of many readers. I (Erika Houle) am friends with the author and was inspired to create the audiobook to make the lessons accessible to a wider audience.
In the autumn of 2018, I began teaching at an arts college that serves students from a wide variety of backgrounds. In the first few months a music student with cerebral palsy who was struggling with the confines of an educational institution ended up in my office often. His disability helped him become a highly adaptable and inventive artist, but he struggled with unhealthy lifestyle choices. As we bonded, I shared my Tea practice with him and he took to it immediately. He noted the healing effects of Tea right away. As he learned the brewing form his posture improved and his face lit up.
I wanted to share my favorite book on Tea with the student, but couldn't as it was only available in print form and he is legally blind. Since I knew the author, I decided to reach out and see if we could turn it into an audiobook. In the spirit of Tea and Global Tea Hut , we decided to make it a community project. Each chapter is narrated by a different Tea community member. Wu De, the author, narrated each introductory chapter. All of the narrators donated their time and labor.
(insert of author's original photo from the book)WHAT WE NEED TO FUND
We have all of the chapters recorded (sample below), so now need to have them edited and mixed. We have a professional sound engineer on board to complete the project. Since it was recorded by 23 different narrators, the professional polish and assembly by a sound engineer will honor the efforts of everyone involved and create a pleasing final product.
TIMELINE
Our goal is to have the audiobook edited by early summer 2020 and ready for release autumn 2020.
EXPENSES
- Professional Audio Editing & Mixing
- Hard Drives
(insert of author's original art from the book)TEAM
Author: Wu De (Aaron Fisher)
Producer: Erika Houle
Audio Engineer - Jee Yun Lee
The Narrators are all chajin (tea people) connected through the world wide community Global Tea Hut. They all cultivate tea practices and if you happen to be in their hometown (in 8 different countries) would love to share tea with you!
Narrators:
Rich Allum
Gordon Arkenberg
Mike Baas
Bernadette Cay
Kristina Clark
Nathan Cochran
Morgann DéMarks
Leigh Fanady
Na'ama Givoni
Connor Goss
Matthew Grohne
Erika Houle
Måns Kämpe
Jaanus Leplaan
Yuliya Maslyn
Sean Newman
Karen Redpath
Nikki Refghi
Trent Rhodes
Casey Shields
Rob Spinelli
Shen Su
Wu De (Aaron Fisher)
Wu De (Aaron Fisher) is an author and magazine editor based in Miaoli, Taiwan. Tea Medicine will be his first book turned into an audiobook. He writes for and edits the magainze Global Tea Hut and travels the world teaching about Cha Dao (the Way of Tea). The magazine connects well over 1,000 members in almost 65 countries. Wu De is currently doing the deep work to prepare for building the bigger and better free tea center Light Meets Life for all tea lovers to visit.
Erika Houle is a filmmaker and educator based in New York City. She first met Wu De in 2012 and really delved into a Tea practice after taking a 10 day course at the Tea Sage Hut in 2018. She has created a method to use tea to develop 35mm film and even uses spent leaves to make soap. Erika helps organize the monthly Global Tea Hut gatherings at Puerh Brooklyn teashop and other free tea events should you be in town to visit.
Jee Yun Lee is an audio recording engineer and college professor based in Long Island, NY. She has experience at Buttons Sound Inc and was the Assistant Director of Music Television Programs at Seoul Broadcasting System for the Soyo Rock Festival in Seoul, Korea. She has also has experience working in audio post production, sound design, and mixing for several indie films. She enjoys and appreciates teas and is pleased to be a part of this audiobook.
(insert of author's original photo from the book)THANK YOU
Your support for the completion of this project will help spread the peace a life of Tea brings to new audiences. Any size donation and help sharing the campaign will be appreciated. All donations will go directly to the costs of completing the project.
Organizer
Erika Houle
Organizer
Brooklyn, NY
