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Walking Thru the Season

from Songs for Nelson by Alex de Steiguer

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Soundscape "story" created during winter on Star Island
with the original song "Beguiled" (lyrics below)
Sound samples roughly in order of hearing are listed below
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♦ slightly out-of-tune piano notes played in the dark and boarded up lobby of the Oceanic Hotel
♦ footsteps across lobby
♦ lighthouse foghorn
♦ wind/storm sounds
♦ chapel bell
♦ chapel organ
♦ bell buoy ringing/clacking
♦ foghorn of passing ship in a pea-soupa’
♦ storm wind
♦ snowy owl screams
♦ sea lapping against rocks
♦ long-tailed ducks - courting calls
♦ wild Canada geese (landing and socializing)
♦ gulls calling
♦ chapel bell
♦ storm
♦ high surf as heard from trap dike
♦ distant surf, gulls, arrival of spring birds
(songbirds, blackbirds, lone goose passing overhead)
♦ Alex sings an original song in empty Oceanic Hotel lobby
rocking-chair rocking
a walk back outside to greet the rest of the year.

lyrics

Sounds, in order of hearing:
-slightly out-of-tune piano notes played in the dark and boarded up lobby of the Oceanic Hotel
-footsteps across lobby
-lighthouse foghorn
-wind/storm sounds
-chapel bell
-chapel organ
-bell buoy ringing/clacking
-foghorn of passing ship in a pea-soupa’
-storm wind
-snowy owl screams
-sea lapping against rocks
-Long-tailed ducks - courting calls
-wild Canada geese (landing and socializing)
-gulls calling
-chapel bell
-storm
-high surf as heard from trap dike
-distant surf, gulls, arrival of spring birds
(songbirds, blackbirds, lone goose passing overhead)
-Alex sings an original song in empty Oceanic Hotel lobby
rocking-chair rocking
-a walk back outside to greet the rest of the year.

(Song Lyrics)
Beguiled:

Come here and sit and stare awhile
And softly hum, and gently smile
Rock back and forth, your eyes beguiled
For all the world is turning

And note the waves as they roll by
The blue-reflecting sea and sky
As all the cares upon you fly
The soul within you burning -

For open sky and nature’s trust
For simple, pure, uncluttered us
You may leave when you feel you must
But forever know a yearning.

credits

from Songs for Nelson, released January 15, 2022
Alex de Steiguer: Sound samples, mixing, composing, vocals, guitar, piano, organ

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Alex de Steiguer

Besides being a homesteader, a deep water tall-ship sailor, an island caretaker, and a musician, Alex is also known for her black & white fine-art photography, and is the author of "Small Island, Big Picture", with 69 duotone images, and reflections on solitude, creativity, inspiration and connection with the world we live in. See links for more info about Alex's other works. ... more

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