I'm deep in the Amazon rainforest, sleeping on an open platform with just a thin mosquito net between me and the jungle. The sounds of the rainforest weave into my dreams and eventually wake me up. Long version at https://youtu.be/GsZG1ggSQFw

Amazon Rainforest Waking Up

This is a recording of some interactions on a black grouse lek in the highlands of Scotland. 

It was recorded with a Sony M10 and a matched pair of Clippy EM172 mics.

AVIEMORE  - BLACK GROUSE LEK - EARLY MORNING - VERY CLOSE COOING AND HISSES 2.0 M10

A celebration of nature's symphony taking place on the first Sunday of May, International Dawn Chorus Day is the worldwide celebration of nature's greatest symphony. All across the world people rise early to revel in the sweet sound of birdsong, from rattling wrens in Rotherham to crooning cowbirds in the Caribbean. 

And remember you can always just open your window - and listen...

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/dawn-chorus-day

Dawn Chorus with Woodpecker Guilden Morden

Thunderstorms sound absolutely fascinating in the rainforest as the microphones pick up the beautiful detail of water droplets hitting the vegetation. Longer version at https://youtu.be/MN_JT6hAyMs

Thunderstorm in the Borneo rainforest

I never set out to record the sound of an elephant farting in the African savanna, but here we are so let's be adults about it. Long version at https://youtu.be/q8JdMIp6H78

Elephant farting in the African savanna

A medley of approachable voices designed to hold the listener's attention while your product is sold.

EricMurray VO Examples Winter - 2022

"I am running into a new year" by Lucille Clifton
Read by Liam Strain

EV RE20 > dbx 286s > Motu M4 > Audition + Izotope

I am running into a new year

A selection of recordings made over several visits to Yala National Park in December of 2018: water buffalo and birds bathing in a mud hole, ambient soundscape of a tank and fields with a leopard nearby; an elephant cow and two calves grazing.

20181220 SriLanka YalaNationalPark - Mudhole

Voiceover artist for storytelling, corporate, and advertising, and a field recording enthusiast.

I am running into a new year

Liam Strain

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