Idaho

Tinkling. Plinking. Clinking. Clanging. Rattling. Ah, the beautiful sounds of wind chimes blowing in a gentle breeze. Here are 16 of them, in all shapes and sizes. Some are old. Some are new. Some are borrowed. Sorry, none are blue. Each one is meticulously recorded and layered in a unique way that will have you thinking they are all hanging from your back porch, and you are in the middle of it all.… Read More

A couple of months ago, I decided to do something about the two big limitations of using my Luhd PM-01 AB microphones. These small, low-noise, high-sensitivity handmade electret microphones run on plug-in power (PIP). I paired mine with a Sony … Read More

Drum. Drum. Drum. For several mornings earlier this month, that sound is all I heard. A Downy woodpecker was using a cottonwood tree I walk past on my route to see the morning newspaper as its sounding board. The woodpecker … Read More

It is late May 2019. The camas are at the peak of their bloom, creating a sea of blue-violet wildflowers that stretch toward snow-capped mountains to the north. The western horizon bursts into flames as the sun peeks out from behind cottony clouds. Thick dark water flows past my ankles. Sights and sounds build in layers with birdsong ringing out across the marshland. Mother Nature has arranged a perfect feast for the senses this fine evening and I am in the center of it all, recording from dusk to dawn on the Camas Prairie.
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Field recordings of the sound of snags, downed trees, captured with special contact microphones that allow you, the listener, to hear the tree from the inside out. … Read More