The sound of cars on a wet road become the sound of waves gently breaking in this dreamy juxtaposition of urban and natural soundscape.

A piece composed as part of the Environmental Sound Art module at Newcastle University for my MMus.

Portfolio - Rainy Day in the City LYNDSEY RULE

A tune - 'Home' - I composed in response to the sense of belonging and security I feel on entering the space I call home. Home is the landscape which we each individually construct, which can reflect the greatest extension of our Selves into the wider world, and by the same token, that environment which most greatly affects us.
'Home' was inspired by the feelings of belonging and supported engendered both at my home with my new friends in Newcastle and where I had come from and went back to at Tonbridge boatyard. It captures the feeling of relative safety and gladness we experience on reaching home and stopping to relax on the sofa with a nice cuppa and someone we love, especially perhaps when the weather outside is inclement.
This recording, submitted to the Environmental Sound Art module at Newcastle University as part of my MMus, is an arrangement by the House of Lost Souls, (Lyndsey Rule - English Concertina, Beth Rawlins - Fiddle and Anna Gillings - Piano).
May 2014. © Lyndsey Rule/House of Lost Souls.

ESA Portfolio - Home LYNDSEY RULE-House of Lost Souls

The ewes were settled, happily grazing in Toll House paddock, keen to make the most of the rich pasture while they had the opportunity. The low, bright autumn sunshine lit the fleece of each sheep as though she wore a golden halo...and who could be more important to the shepherd than the nurturing heart of his enterprise?

A song I composed in October 2016 while working with the flock of Oxford Down sheep on the Victorian farm at Chiltern Open Air Museum. 
(Home recording).
'Safe The Ewes' © Lyndsey Rule, 2016

Safe The Ewes

My arrangement of this wonderful traditional song, given to me by
Molly Barrett. For me this song really captures the philosophical nature required by the shepherd, historically working alone from his small wooden hut up in the hills at the coldest part of the year, as described particularly vividly by Barclay Wills (‘The Downland Shepherds’, 1989; accounts of the South Downs in the 1920-40s) and W.H. Hudson (‘A Shepherd’s Life’, 1910). I was lucky enough to help with lambing in this reconstructed straw lambing fold (which I also helped to build and thatch!)with working shepherd’s hut, at Chiltern Open Air Museum in April/May 2016 and 2017.
(Home recording).
'We Shepherds'. Trad. arr Lyndsey Rule, 2017.

We Shepherds

A tune inspired by assisting with sowing a rye crop using a Monarch
Corn Drill at Chiltern Open Air Museum in April 2017. Initially a horse-drawn implement, this had been converted for use with a 1950’s Ferguson tractor. More detail about my experience of using this historic machine can be found here: https://www.coam.org.uk/out-in-the-museum-arable-fields/
(Home recording). The Corn Drill © Lyndsey Rule, 2016.

The Corn Drill

A tune composed for my sister and her husband on their departure to live in Islamabad, Pakistan for two years. (Home recording).
© Lyndsey Rule, 2013. Arranged and played by Lyndsey Rule on whistle, flute and English concertina.

MMus application

The Big Adventure

A celebratory song, 'for all good company'. 
© Lyndsey Rule, 2012.

A Toast

'Dr Syn' by Kent singer and songwriter Bob Kenward, is a story of smuggling and intrigue, mystery and marsh, inspired by the tales about an historic Vicar of Dymchurch - upstanding citizen by day, but someone rather different by night...
This arrangement by House of Lost Souls aims to capture the atmosphere of the story in the music as well as with word. It was recorded on the E.P. 'Where Are You Going?' (2016).

© Bob Kenward, arr. House of Lost Souls. 

(Photo credit: From Becket's Bridge, Romney Marsh cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Mavin - geograph.org.uk/p/738312).

Where Are You Going?

Dr Syn

House of Lost Souls arrangement of Dave Dodds' song based on the well-known traditional rhyme. I learnt this song from my dad.
This recording from HOLS E.P. 'Where Are You Going?' (2016).

The Magpie

A song composed after a trip with my sister to Northumberland, not long after we lost our dad. (Home recording).

© Lyndsey Rule, 2012.