Canada Geese

A little while ago it was fall here in Canada. There was a cool nip in the air, the leaves were falling and the birds were heading south for the winter. I have the good fortune of living in the edge of a city that is near a provincial park that serves also as a wetlands sanctuary for birds. Hearing geese flying low overhead is pretty neat, especially when there is a lot of them. You can hear a faint whistle of their wings working. Quietly moving through the air with the occasional honk - quite majestic! I happened to be outside and listened to some Canada Geese flying low and passing overhead and I realized - once they'd flown past - that in the background you could hear what must be thousands of geese. The skies were dotted with flying geese coming from a few directions. I went and grabbed my recording gear to try capture some of what was going on from the front porch. Given that I live in a city there's still some urban stuff going on. At first, I wanted to get rid of reference to us humans, but I find it's more interesting to listen to with some of those bits left in. So - aside from sounds of yours truly clamoring about - I left most of them in. One of my very best friends likes to draw and paint. Some time ago we idly discussed collaborating on something and agreeing that is was a great idea but never got into the details. Recently he offered to create a piece for one of my tracks. I mentioned that I was working on a "Goose project" and he seemed interested. I shared the raw unedited environmental recording, but nothing more than that. He created the album art for this track which I am delighted and honoured to share :) Art by John Miedema johnmiedema.com @johnmiedema