OLAC Record: Interview with Julie Toliman, Pacific Gold Studios (PGS) Rabaul

OLAC Record
oai:paradisec.org.au:MW6-047

Metadata

Title: Interview with Julie Toliman, Pacific Gold Studios (PGS) Rabaul

Access Rights: Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)

Bibliographic Citation: Michael Webb (collector), Steven Gagau (data_inputter), Michael Webb (interviewer), Julie Toliman (speaker), 1993. Interview with Julie Toliman, Pacific Gold Studios (PGS) Rabaul. MPEG/X-WAV. MW6-047 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/0B5D-FV35

Contributor (compiler): Michael Webb

Contributor (data_inputter): Steven Gagau

Contributor (interviewer): Michael Webb

Contributor (speaker): Julie Toliman

Coverage (Box): northlimit=-4.12202; southlimit=-4.28842; westlimit=152.066; eastlimit=152.239

Coverage (ISO3166): PG

Date (W3CDTF): 1993-06-24

Date Created (W3CDTF): 1993-06-24

Description: Tape#1: Musical Journey and Experiences of Julie ToLiman Side A: Julie Toliman was born on 26/04/1960 at Paparatava Health Centre to parents Michael ToLiman and IaLingling (Anne Marie) and is the 11th in the family our of 13 children. The family are from Bitakapuk village in the Toma area. Four in the family have since passed away. She attended Paparatava Primary School to Grade 6 then Kokopo High School to Grade 10 then Port Moresby (Wards Strip) Teachers College. She was posted to Gerehu Community (Primary) School but withdraw from teaching to attend University of PNG to study music at Creative Arts faculty in 1979. She however did not complete her studies due to lack of resources at the faculty so she left and joined the National Office of Tourism. She got married in 1984 and worked for Talair Airlines as international ticketing officer in Lae then transferred to Rabaul with family where she stayed home as housewife but focused on her music and started her recordings. Julie spoke about her musical journey and experience from childhood to all female stringbands to recordings. Growing up in a musical family influenced by her father Michael, her sisters also became musicians taught and performed music, composing songs and conducting choirs from early age by their father to performances at festivals and competitions. Her father, Michael was a school teacher, a church choir master and played guitar, ukelele, mouth organ and accordion instrument playing with Bitakapuk Club Stringband. Her musical influence was also from her uncle, Tirpaia and her father was also engaged in traditional music in song and dance as a "tena buai". All his family went through the initiation by the transfer of "tena buai" for the traditional dances. Julie learnt playing guitar, composing songs and conducting choirs at Grade 3 (9 years old) and always performed with her sisters all musically talented in local choirs, stringbands and traditional dancing events in primary school years to Kokopo High School where she led a KHS Girls stringband. Her stringband was then formed for competitions and cassette recordings called Lonely ML Daughters and at that time other women stringbands were getting on the scene such as Line Cousins of Vunadidir. Women talent in music was begin to be recognised and accepted by the Tolai society as this was only for males. Julie's stringband, Lonely ML Daughters entered the Tolai Warwagira competition as well as choral singing and were successful in winning top prizes and continued with the annual event. They then recorded in NBC and CHM studios producing 3 cassette albums of their own compositions. Side B: The traditional Tolai song of "a Lili" was also integrated into Julie's composition of songs for her stringband music. The songs will style, theme and melody are consistent to uphold the ToInara as 'tena buai, a bita buai and tena pinipit" for cultural and spiritual connection and significance. This also reflects the linkage and uphold the credibility of musicianship. Compositions are also based on people who have a story, an experience or situation they want to share through song and music so people who hear it can know about whether love, a death, a celebration, an accident and others where they write what they want to sing about and it is at the discretion of Julie to compose or record. A token of payment is directly given to Julie so her sources of income are through songwriting and records sales and live performances. As a female artist and public exposure and identity, her clan relatives are always around her for any risk of sorcery or magical influence that will jeopardise her as a musician due to jealousy so for protection, she is also is safeguarded with spiritual and cultural processes and application of such practices. Christian faith also plays an important part of her musical skills, talents as these are gifts from God as a musician and artist. (Steven Gagau, January 2019) . Language as given:

Format: Digitised: yes Media: Sony UX60 Cassette Tape Audio Notes: Tape Machine: Tascam 122MK3 Soundcard: RME HDSPe AIO A/D Converter: RME AD1-2 Pro FS Length: Side A 00:31:34 Side B 00:31:31 Quality: Good quality. Background noise throughout due to machine noise, possibly air conditioner. Fairly unobtrusive as speech is clear.

Identifier: MW6-047

Identifier (URI): http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/047

Language: English

Tok Pisin

Language (ISO639): eng

tpi

Rights: Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)

Subject: English language

Tok Pisin language

Subject (ISO639): eng

tpi

Subject (OLAC): language_documentation

historical_linguistics

Table Of Contents (URI): http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/047/MW6-047-B.mp3

http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/047/MW6-047-B.wav

http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/047/MW6-047-A.wav

http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/047/MW6-047-A.mp3

Type (DCMI): Sound

OLAC Info

Archive: Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)

Description: http://www.language-archives.org/archive/paradisec.org.au

GetRecord: OAI-PMH request for OLAC format

GetRecord: Pre-generated XML file

OAI Info

OaiIdentifier: oai:paradisec.org.au:MW6-047

DateStamp: 2022-12-09

GetRecord: OAI-PMH request for simple DC format

Search Info
Citation: Michael Webb (compiler); Steven Gagau (data_inputter); Michael Webb (interviewer); Julie Toliman (speaker). 1993. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
Terms: area_Europe area_Pacific country_GB country_PG dcmi_Sound iso639_eng iso639_tpi olac_historical_linguistics olac_language_documentation

Inferred Metadata
Country: United Kingdom Papua New Guinea
Area: Europe Pacific

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Metadata
Title:		Interview with Julie Toliman, Pacific Gold Studios (PGS) Rabaul
Access Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:		Michael Webb (collector), Steven Gagau (data_inputter), Michael Webb (interviewer), Julie Toliman (speaker), 1993. Interview with Julie Toliman, Pacific Gold Studios (PGS) Rabaul. MPEG/X-WAV. MW6-047 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/0B5D-FV35
Contributor (compiler):		Michael Webb
Contributor (data_inputter):		Steven Gagau
Contributor (interviewer):		Michael Webb
Contributor (speaker):		Julie Toliman
Coverage (Box):		northlimit=-4.12202; southlimit=-4.28842; westlimit=152.066; eastlimit=152.239
Coverage (ISO3166):		PG
Date (W3CDTF):		1993-06-24
Date Created (W3CDTF):		1993-06-24
Description:		Tape#1: Musical Journey and Experiences of Julie ToLiman Side A: Julie Toliman was born on 26/04/1960 at Paparatava Health Centre to parents Michael ToLiman and IaLingling (Anne Marie) and is the 11th in the family our of 13 children. The family are from Bitakapuk village in the Toma area. Four in the family have since passed away. She attended Paparatava Primary School to Grade 6 then Kokopo High School to Grade 10 then Port Moresby (Wards Strip) Teachers College. She was posted to Gerehu Community (Primary) School but withdraw from teaching to attend University of PNG to study music at Creative Arts faculty in 1979. She however did not complete her studies due to lack of resources at the faculty so she left and joined the National Office of Tourism. She got married in 1984 and worked for Talair Airlines as international ticketing officer in Lae then transferred to Rabaul with family where she stayed home as housewife but focused on her music and started her recordings. Julie spoke about her musical journey and experience from childhood to all female stringbands to recordings. Growing up in a musical family influenced by her father Michael, her sisters also became musicians taught and performed music, composing songs and conducting choirs from early age by their father to performances at festivals and competitions. Her father, Michael was a school teacher, a church choir master and played guitar, ukelele, mouth organ and accordion instrument playing with Bitakapuk Club Stringband. Her musical influence was also from her uncle, Tirpaia and her father was also engaged in traditional music in song and dance as a "tena buai". All his family went through the initiation by the transfer of "tena buai" for the traditional dances. Julie learnt playing guitar, composing songs and conducting choirs at Grade 3 (9 years old) and always performed with her sisters all musically talented in local choirs, stringbands and traditional dancing events in primary school years to Kokopo High School where she led a KHS Girls stringband. Her stringband was then formed for competitions and cassette recordings called Lonely ML Daughters and at that time other women stringbands were getting on the scene such as Line Cousins of Vunadidir. Women talent in music was begin to be recognised and accepted by the Tolai society as this was only for males. Julie's stringband, Lonely ML Daughters entered the Tolai Warwagira competition as well as choral singing and were successful in winning top prizes and continued with the annual event. They then recorded in NBC and CHM studios producing 3 cassette albums of their own compositions. Side B: The traditional Tolai song of "a Lili" was also integrated into Julie's composition of songs for her stringband music. The songs will style, theme and melody are consistent to uphold the ToInara as 'tena buai, a bita buai and tena pinipit" for cultural and spiritual connection and significance. This also reflects the linkage and uphold the credibility of musicianship. Compositions are also based on people who have a story, an experience or situation they want to share through song and music so people who hear it can know about whether love, a death, a celebration, an accident and others where they write what they want to sing about and it is at the discretion of Julie to compose or record. A token of payment is directly given to Julie so her sources of income are through songwriting and records sales and live performances. As a female artist and public exposure and identity, her clan relatives are always around her for any risk of sorcery or magical influence that will jeopardise her as a musician due to jealousy so for protection, she is also is safeguarded with spiritual and cultural processes and application of such practices. Christian faith also plays an important part of her musical skills, talents as these are gifts from God as a musician and artist. (Steven Gagau, January 2019) . Language as given:
Format:		Digitised: yes Media: Sony UX60 Cassette Tape Audio Notes: Tape Machine: Tascam 122MK3 Soundcard: RME HDSPe AIO A/D Converter: RME AD1-2 Pro FS Length: Side A 00:31:34 Side B 00:31:31 Quality: Good quality. Background noise throughout due to machine noise, possibly air conditioner. Fairly unobtrusive as speech is clear.
Identifier:		MW6-047
Identifier (URI):		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/047
Language:		English
Language:		Tok Pisin
Language (ISO639):		eng
Language (ISO639):		tpi
Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Subject:		English language
Subject:		Tok Pisin language
Subject (ISO639):		eng
Subject (ISO639):		tpi
Subject (OLAC):		language_documentation
Subject (OLAC):		historical_linguistics
Table Of Contents (URI):		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/047/MW6-047-B.mp3
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/047/MW6-047-B.wav
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/047/MW6-047-A.wav
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/047/MW6-047-A.mp3
Type (DCMI):		Sound
OLAC Info
Archive:		Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/paradisec.org.au
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:		Pre-generated XML file
OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:paradisec.org.au:MW6-047
DateStamp:		2022-12-09
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Michael Webb (compiler); Steven Gagau (data_inputter); Michael Webb (interviewer); Julie Toliman (speaker). 1993. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
Terms:		area_Europe area_Pacific country_GB country_PG dcmi_Sound iso639_eng iso639_tpi olac_historical_linguistics olac_language_documentation
Inferred Metadata
Country:		United Kingdom Papua New Guinea
Area:		Europe Pacific