0:00 - 4:51 - green tree frogs in the bird sanctuary (Dauphin Island, Alabama)
3:20 - 7:18 - grass cicadas outside Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (Buxton, North Carolina)
6:57 - 12:13 - Harwood Museum of Art (Taos, New Mexico)
10:53 - 16:25 - Occupy Taos march with marching brass band (Taos, New Mexico)
15:47 - 20:48 - tapping the travertine at the Getty (Los Angeles, California)
20:48 - 26:02 - choir at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (Los Angeles, California)
25:36 - 30:20 - katydids, crickets, and cicadas after sunset (Hopkinsville, Kentucky)
28:25 - 31:47 - deck swing (Huntsville, Alabama)
31:29 - 31:53 - botanical gardens with my family (Huntsville, Alabama)
33:45 - 35:21 - singer in the street outside my house (East Point, Georgia)
While sheltering in place during the pandemic, working on the same two albums I've been working on for almost two years made me feel a bit walled in. Initially, as an escape, I started going back through some of my favorite recordings from the past eight years, or so -- basically from when I bought my first decent recorder through today. I've compiled these here with the hope that they help others remember the feeling of being surrounded by audio rooms beyond where they are now.
I hope you enjoy. I hope you're safe. I hope you're well.
credits
released April 12, 2020
all recordings by Ben Link Collins, from 2012 to 2020.
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