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Andes Off! (version 2)
(Changes incorporated from feedback on version 1 are: Longer intro, sped up tempo slightly, some percussion added, removed cheesy strings, bass is now acoustic, not electric, added second "dueling pan-flute" for that authentic Peruvian melody-bouncing and harmony, lengthened the piece by letting the Charango/guitarist show his solo-stuff, heavily worked on EQ, made pan-flutes more realistic sounding by having them "run out of air" at the end of long notes. Please let me know what you like/don't like with this new version!)
While my wife and I were travelling back down the coast of California (near Big Sur) from a vacation around New Years, we stopped at a turnout over a cliff, and took a bunch of video of at least 15 California Condors, flying and hanging out on the guard rail, not 15 feet from us! These amazing birds, once almost extinct in the wild, are now being re-introduced on the west coast. When full-grown, they can have a 10-foot wingspan, the largest land-birds in North America. I'm editing the video as we speak (checking with the San Diego Zoo and Ventana Wildlife Society to see if they want the footage.) I have about 15 minutes of amazing video of them in flight, or sunning themselves in the trees, or ambling around looking at the growing crowd of people, who are stopping to look at them in return. I am hoping that despite their apparent lack of fear of people, they remain safe. Due to lots of interest, I have edited down the condor video and have posted it on YouTube for all to see, go here to watch and read a little write-up of the trip (http://schwansongs.blogspot.com/2008/01/condors-in-flight-video.html)
As part of the ending credits, I needed a quickie "Condor" theme, so I whipped this up. It is supposed to evoke Peruvian/Bolivian style folk music. There are some still-photos that I took, as the artwork above.
(Changes incorporated from feedback on version 1 are: Longer intro, sped up tempo slightly, some percussion added, removed cheesy strings, bass is now acoustic, not electric, added second "dueling pan-flute" for that authentic Peruvian melody-bouncing and harmony, lengthened the piece by letting the Charango/guitarist show his solo-stuff, heavily worked on EQ, made pan-flutes more realistic sounding by having them "run out of air" at the end of long notes. Please let me know what you like/don't like with this new version!)
While my wife and I were travelling back down the coast of California (near Big Sur) from a vacation around New Years, we stopped at a turnout over a cliff, and took a bunch of video of at least 15 California Condors, flying and hanging out on the guard rail, not 15 feet from us! These amazing birds, once almost extinct in the wild, are now being re-introduced on the west coast. When full-grown, they can have a 10-foot wingspan, the largest land-birds in North America. I'm editing the video as we speak (checking with the San Diego Zoo and Ventana Wildlife Society to see if they want the footage.) I have about 15 minutes of amazing video of them in flight, or sunning themselves in the trees, or ambling around looking at the growing crowd of people, who are stopping to look at them in return. I am hoping that despite their apparent lack of fear of people, they remain safe. Due to lots of interest, I have edited down the condor video and have posted it on YouTube for all to see, go here to watch and read a little write-up of the trip (http://schwansongs.blogspot.com/2008/01/condors-in-flight-video.html)
As part of the ending credits, I needed a quickie "Condor" theme, so I whipped this up. It is supposed to evoke Peruvian/Bolivian style folk music. There are some still-photos that I took, as the artwork above.
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Roxylee
I love the tempo and the pan flutes, also that it's longer. :-)