5090 by FAWM: "Black Swans, Numurkah, July 2024"

Black Swans, Numurkah, July 2024

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A week spent lakeside being entertained by the antic of the FOMO coots, the little grebes, the interspecific punch ups and arguments over breadcrumbs between noisy miners, crows, magpies, coots, swamphens, Neighborhood Watch aka mudlarks...but behind them, in the backwater, the black swans serenely going about their business, even when "serenely" included seeing other swan families off their patch.

Composed on site with the miniature Korg keyboard, this #slow almost #ambient #cello trio plus #stargazer #shimmer reverb attempts to catch the feel of the swans on the water, moving and deep dabbling, and not the Keystone Cops of the coots, for which clown cars and gahooga horns would be more appropriate.

Music by & Copyright © 2024 TJ Fatchen All Rights Reserved APRA-AMCOS
Cello samples courtesy Garritan Personal Orchestra Reverb by Stargazer.

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@phoenixash 1w

This captures perfectly the feeling of watching swans, to muse, to contemplate. Peace, awesome

@phylo 7w

So peaceful and lovely, especially in headphones. Nice work!

@coolparadisoMod 8w

i worked for a year in shep, so Numurkah is like old home. black swans all over that area, right down to balaraat. very nice piece i can see them swimming in their majesty. really lovely.

@billwhite51 8w

This would make excellent exit music follwing the ballet Swan Lake. People would be leaving the theatre gracefully, no pushing or running to beat the congestion in the parking garage. I like the second half the best, which is probably why i thought of writing th above. I just felt like I was exiting a theatre in a very satisfied mood.

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Black Swans, Numurkah, July 2024

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