A whale song
Mar 23, 07:01 PM
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"A Whale Song came about in a few stages.
"In 2019 I was fortunate enough to take a trip out to sea with my family to watch the Humpback Whale migration. We were out there for a while with not a whale in sight, so had the feeling to sing one to us. So I started to sing. And lo and behold, a whale appeared. This magnificent creature stayed by our boat for over an hour, going under and around us. I sang to it the entire time. I wished I had a hydrophone that day to record our duet. What an honour it was to be in the presence of such ancient majesty! I wrote a short poem, out on the boat, after the whale departed. That poem became the lyrics to this song.
"I recorded the track about 4am in the morning, in the quiet of pre-dawn. Later on I thought it interesting I had chosen to record it then, when I recalled the lyrics speak of being woken from sleep to hear a whale’s first song. To create the track I sang and played my dear old pump organ. Afterwards I added the wonderful recording of Laguna de San Carlos in Mexico over the top.
"This song is for the whales — they are the library of the world."
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino reimagined by Allis Hamilton.
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This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world’s most famous sights.
Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage
"In 2019 I was fortunate enough to take a trip out to sea with my family to watch the Humpback Whale migration. We were out there for a while with not a whale in sight, so had the feeling to sing one to us. So I started to sing. And lo and behold, a whale appeared. This magnificent creature stayed by our boat for over an hour, going under and around us. I sang to it the entire time. I wished I had a hydrophone that day to record our duet. What an honour it was to be in the presence of such ancient majesty! I wrote a short poem, out on the boat, after the whale departed. That poem became the lyrics to this song.
"I recorded the track about 4am in the morning, in the quiet of pre-dawn. Later on I thought it interesting I had chosen to record it then, when I recalled the lyrics speak of being woken from sleep to hear a whale’s first song. To create the track I sang and played my dear old pump organ. Afterwards I added the wonderful recording of Laguna de San Carlos in Mexico over the top.
"This song is for the whales — they are the library of the world."
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino reimagined by Allis Hamilton.
———————
This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world’s most famous sights.
Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage