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The woods would be very silent
if no birds sang there except those who sang best. John James Audubon (1785–1851) Ears Wide OpenThe Quarterly Bulletin of the Acoustic Ecology Institute
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Hello again to the core supporters of the Acoustic Ecology Institute. With this edition of Ears Wide Open, we begin the third year of publication, and our third year as a membership organization!
I hope that this quarterly "distilled version" of the AEI website is helping you stay connected to our work, and to your interest in our sounding world. The links to the left will take you to four other pages, each of which features recent highlights from the AEI website. Click on over to Institute Update to hear about what's been going on here lately, then check out Recent Science Findings or Soundbytes for news from around the world, or Listening on the Web for links to interesting sound-related sites. Of course, by following the links at the top of the page, you can dive into the full (and rather sprawling) AEI website. A few days ago, we enjoyed one of the great soundmarks of winter: a howling windy night storm. The house and hills around came alive with voices conjured by air masses surging up the canyon: the shaking and rattling of the house itself, waves of whooshing glissandos along the canyon wall a quarter mile away, and once, a mysterious booming that caused us to go still, listening more closely: no, not thunder...didn't feel like the house...but it never returned. In moments when the wind stilled a bit, a more steady roar told us that the river was running strong with rain that must have fallen in the foothills just upstream. Accomodatingly, the aural excitement faded within an hour of bedtime, so we were able to enjoy these voices of winter, AND get a good night's rest! I always enjoy hearing from you, with your questions, comments, suggestions, or friendly hellos! Until next time, Jim Cummings P.S. Contact: |
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