#46

I love listening to Butcherbirds:

https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?taxonCode=piebut1&mediaType=a&q=Pied%20Butcherbird%20-%20Cracticus%20nigrogularis

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#47

Currently listening to the latest episode of Mylar Melodies’ “Why We Bleep” podcast with Robin Rimbaud / Scanner, and while browsing his Twitter page, one of his recent posts was about a collaborative piece he made using birdsong:

“A little studio experiment combining modular electronics with live soprano saxophone, contralto clarinet and bird song. A collaboration between American musician and writer David Rothenberg and myself, towards our show in Paris in February 2018.”

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#48

Me too. We had a pair move into our backyard recently. At first my wife and I thought it was our neighbour singing.

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#49

I saw this artist perform live in a pub once, was blown away. She sings in a way that attempts to imitate songbirds. Here’s her take on the classic McCartney song: https://soundcloud.com/emma-l-bennett/de-composed-blackbird-after

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#50

that’s going to go real good into tpv

#51

This is an album of synth music by various artists incorporating birdsong samples

#52

I’d take anything Chomsky said with a grain of salt [says the behaviorist] :slight_smile:

#53

Thanks for sharing! Really interesting :slight_smile:

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#55

I did a piece where I layered various versions of the same crow but at different speeds, then added three versions of me singing along :slight_smile:

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#56

I made a bird simulator with some of Peter’s Eurorack modules. I think it’s pretty accurate.

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#57

just wanted to share a classic take on this topic !

#58

On the more traditional end, one of my professors released an album of acoustic instruments playing/reinterpreting birdsongs:

http://dianemosermusic.com/music/birdsongs/

Clarinetist David Rothenberg has an album of clarinet/birdsong duets - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egZrPZQjqSw (similar to what @wednesdayayay did?)

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#59

This just published today about residents of a rural valley in Turkey using whistles in kuş dili, or “bird language,” to communicate over long distances…

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#60

Yes, just been listening to Indiamore all afternoon, but the Big Sun album got me started with Chassol. Brilliant

#61

this is fantastic, i wanna play bird simulator

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#63

Paul Panhuysen did a lot of work with or related to birds, mainly around his bird band The KGB (Kanarie Grand Band)

There is a bit more information on it in the book The Game And The Rules, which is a great book for many reasons.

also Evan Parker- https://www.discogs.com/Evan-Parker-Evan-Parker-With-Birds-For-Steve-Lacy/release/12094318

And a bit of documentation of a piece I did last year using synthesized “birds”

#64

there was a piece in the wire about this:

https://www.nightingalesinberlin.com/film

related book

#65

This is excellent!

I’m loving this thread. We have informal birdwatching gatherings every few weeks here in Maine. I’ve also kept parakeets and cockatiels. In my experience if anyone is considering teaching a bird music or speech, it’s easier with a single bird vs. a pair or more.

Is it possible someone here made the video using a Verbos Harmonic Oscillator to create bird sounds? I saw it sometime last year, but can’t find it anywhere online.

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