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DISCID=0b0eec12
DTITLE=Gordon Hempton, Sound Tracker / North America, Winds Acr
DTITLE=oss a Continent
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DGENRE=
TTITLE0=Pacific Surf
TTITLE1=Sea Breeze
TTITLE2=Night Wind
TTITLE3=Coyote Grassland
TTITLE4=Thunder Cloud
TTITLE5=SageWind
TTITLE6=Rattlesnake Canyon
TTITLE7=Aspen Grove
TTITLE8=Short Grasswind
TTITLE9=Tern Springs
TTITLE10=Juniperwind
TTITLE11=Meadowlark
TTITLE12=Strong Winds of the Prairie
TTITLE13=Thunder Song
TTITLE14=Bare Branch Wind with Singing Frogs
TTITLE15=Tall Winds of Ancient Hardwood Forest
TTITLE16=Palmetto Wind
TTITLE17=Atlantic Surf
EXTD=North America, Winds Across a Continent\nNature Recordings
EXTD=, Quiet Places Collection\nGordon Hempton, Sound Tracker\n
EXTD=\nTitled selections are actual events presented in "real t
EXTD=ime" without mixing. However, selections do overlap briefl
EXTD=y. Listed times are actual lengths of selections, includin
EXTD=g transitions. Stereo speaker listening produces enhanced 
EXTD=depth of field. Headphone listening creates an amphitheate
EXTD=r of three dimensions.\n\nEach species of plant makes its 
EXTD=own sound in the wind. Long needled pines produce a low wh
EXTD=ispy roar, while short needled spruce produce a higher pit
EXTD=ched hum; the quaking aspen shimmers while the thick coat 
EXTD=of grass on a hillside will curl ethereal wreaths around t
EXTD=he listener. But this is only the beginning of the joy of 
EXTD=listening to wind; each pattern of vegetation is an orches
EXTD=tra waiting to come alive in the winds that inevitably com
EXTD=e.\n\nNature Recordist: Gordon Hempton - The Sound Tracker
EXTD=\nDigitally recorded on location in Binaural Stereo\nPost-
EXTD=Production: Albert Swanson, Seattle, WA\nExecutive Produce
EXTD=r: Richard Hooper\nAssociate Producer: Sharon Hooper\nGrap
EXTD=hic Design: Laura Eagan\nPhotography: David Muench (Grass/
EXTD=Dunes/Mountains)\nand Gary Braasch (Field of Windswept Gra
EXTD=ss)\n\nNature Recordings\nProduced and Distributedby Worl
EXTD=d Disc Productions\nP.O.Box 2749. Friday Harbor, WA 98250 
EXTD=(206) 378 - 3979\n
EXTT0=We begin on the western shore with surf.\n
EXTT1=And then the surf-like sound of a sea breeze. Sometimes w
EXTT1=e are surprised by visitations. In this case, the curious
EXTT1= flight of a large fly explores the boughs of a dune pine
EXTT1=; possibly looking for food.\n
EXTT2=Blown east with the wind once again, we hear the night wi
EXTT2=nds.\n
EXTT3=A coyote, or song dog, as it is sometimes called, signs t
EXTT3=he air as the tall grasses blow amid chanting layers of c
EXTT3=rickets and flowing water.\n
EXTT4=We move to a brewing thunderstorm.\n
EXTT5=The delicate balance between the omnipresence of the thun
EXTT5=der and the high pitched, long chirp of crickets and flow
EXTT5=ing water is a vanishing moment of wild listening. Sage W
EXTT5=ind creates the transition farther east.\n
EXTT6=Rattlesnake Canyon. On that day I had wandered up the can
EXTT6=yon to follow the song of a bird unknown to me. Looking u
EXTT6=p, not down, I failed to avoid the rattlesnake. But once 
EXTT6=trapped, I decided to make the best of my predicament and
EXTT6= record its picture. Wonderfully, the bird which had led 
EXTT6=me here sings towards the end of the piece.\n
EXTT7=At the Aspen Grove, while the leaves are practically sile
EXTT7=nt, the crow is not. Each leaf is on a long stalk that mo
EXTT7=ves in the wind with little resistance.\n
EXTT8=The short grasses of the western prairie make a distinct 
EXTT8=whipping sound.\n
EXTT9=Farther east, we come to the much lower pitch sound of wi
EXTT9=nd through reeds growing beside a spring. Terns are flyin
EXTT9=g back and forth to spy a fish to feed upon. The fish in 
EXTT9=turn swim back and forth near the surface to find an inse
EXTT9=ct to feed upon. Both are successfulI.\n
EXTT10=Next we move to Juniperwind and hear two songbirds durin
EXTT10=g a blustery dawn. The only way to listen without gettin
EXTT10=g blown away is to watch the leaves -- by climbing aroun
EXTT10=d and in the trees, it is possible to find still leaves 
EXTT10=and an ideal seat.\n
EXTT11=Moving farther east, we arrive to hear the song of the m
EXTT11=eadowlark.\n
EXTT12=The Strong Winds of the Prairie.\n
EXTT13=We hear Thunder Song exactly as it occured... a balance 
EXTT13=between the heavens and winged voices of a life. Notice 
EXTT13=how the bird's song changes and concludes.\n
EXTT14=Only a few hours later, but at the same location, the pl
EXTT14=ace changes its tune. It is night, the winds blow throug
EXTT14=h the bare branches of an oak tree with a roar. We hear 
EXTT14=the voices of amphibians... rather than croak or bark or
EXTT14= bellow, they sing!\n
EXTT15=Farther east, we enter an ancient hardwood forest. Tall 
EXTT15=winds blow high overhead in the forest canopy. Dawn arri
EXTT15=ves once again, in this eternal music of new life.\n
EXTT16=Finally, we arrive at our terminus in the palmetto leave
EXTT16=s of the eastern shore.\n
EXTT17=Atlantic Surf presents the conclusion of this aural odys
EXTT17=sey.\n
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