Switching Title

This is a fun one, mostly from ideas wandering down what’s becoming a pretty regular walking/birding path in my neighborhood. Lot’s of bird observations and listening to calls. I built a little bit of a musical moment around one of the segments where I get close to the humming water treatment plant. New segment ideas?

This recording is in my mom’s backyard in Colorado on the day after last Christmas. There was some crazy wind going on. I love the high-pitched whipping sounds. There are some plasticy sounding clicks - I think that’s my recorder’s material freezing. You can hear a distant wind chime, I think. A goose flies over and honks at one point.

Starting this one off with a musical recording project. Then there’s a bunch of bird observations and theories I come up with while walking around. They might not be correct. Then another little ditty. Watch out - I sing out another dream song idea from a hospital/karaoke venue. More bird stuff, watching movie previews, and I.S.S. movie review.

The title pretty much says it all. I recorded the ambience at night while inside my tent. Hopefully you wont hear any snoring. The wind in the pines made me want to record. You might be able to convince yourself you hear the ocean waves crashing on the beach in the distance.

Name that sound bite! Gull Goals, and getting back in touch with other bird calls. First 2024 Bird Report! Plans for Season 3. Movie Reports: Dude… Barbie. Jesus, Barbie. Dream ideas, and the brain power they require to capture them.

Happy New Year and New Season! I went looking for inspiration on a walk one night last October. While walking, in my mind I saw myself standing at a certain familiar edge of this pond. I took myself there with my recorder, started recording, looked at stars, and took some pictures. If I ever get around to officially releasing the music from Season 01, this is where when the cover art revealed itself. Insects and frogs, jets and cars - suburban wash. The recording ends when my batteries died.

This bird is talking to me.  Off to the movies and back on my bike - Meg 2 finally! New bike trail talk. Other films discussed are The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Renfield, and the Jaws’s of course. A sick TMNT soundbite. Naming bike routes and promoting strangers’ business. Putting a bow on ST Season Two while heading back to the theaters to see They Live.

This recording is from the final weekend that the pool at my apartment complex was open. My recorder was poolside while I took a dip and relaxed, as I love to do. My microphone picked up some interference from cellular transmission.

One day I’ll remember to not put my cell phone next to my recorder, especially up in Shenandoah where the cell phones try really hard to communicate. Sound Bytes. Down to The Gulf via Nashville, and Shirley Jackson. Watching movie previews, getting into William Friedkin, and a pit-stop.

This sixth of the Places series is at Gravelly Point, which is a park just to the north of Reagan International Airport. There you can watch and listen to planes taking off or landing, have a picnic, or start a bike ride along the Mount Vernon Trail. I've been wanting to record the planes flying over here for years, so I'm glad I finally did it!