Grant,
Very beautiful combination of sea sounds and crickets I think.Is once more =
the demonstration that only nature can reach the sublime in esthetics, as K=
ant have said and proved.
Thank you for sharing,
Jos=E9
--- In "Grant Finlay" <> wrote:
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> --- In Curt Olson <cro@> wrote:
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> > Thank you Mark...
> >
> > http://wildearthvoices.bandcamp.com/album/from-shore-to-sanctuary
> >
> > and Grant...
> >
> > http://snd.sc/A69Xp7
> >
> > for sharing your recordings with us.
> >
> > Curt Olson
> >
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> You're welcome Curt!
> I just wish in this day of torrents/downloads etc I could recoup some cas=
h from my work (for sale) that's been stolen and is out there on the web..=
> Yeah, slightly O.T. but it's the one thing that really pisses me off abou=
t the web. It's nice knowing people appreciate my work but when what little=
I have for sale is distributed freely on torrent sites it's hard to stay f=
ocused at times, hence the holiday from recording.
> last time I did a search and counted up the numbers it was about 130,000 =
downloads from torrent sites.
>
> *sigh*
>
> I'll continue to do it no matter what though, luckily I have a day job th=
at lets me write off the expenses on my tax but even my accountant shakes h=
is head at my insistence on forging ahead with this
> crazy expensive hobby of mine..
> In saying that, It's not really a hobby. More of a yearning to connect wi=
th some part of me that's been suppressed by living the modern life in a ci=
ty. Today I was working on a TVC for a major supermarket thinking "what am =
I doing, food never looked like this, we're not supposed to gather nurishme=
nt from a shelf" To be frank, my day-job pays for these recordings so I con=
tinue to compromise.
> like many of you, it's a calling and not a choice. Art? maybe not, but I'=
m not in it for the glory and couldn't care less when people make disparagi=
ng remarks to my face.
> This probably isn't the response you expected but after a long day at wor=
k "for the man" It really does sum up my thoughts and feelings about my nat=
ure recordings at this point in time.
>
> Don't worry, many more (free) recordings to come for my friends on this a=
nd other lists!
>
> Regards,
> Grant.
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