This bright and lively dance piece combines samples of traditional Japanese instruments with a field recording of a thunderstorm along with a chorus of frogs and rain in and around our pond (128 BPM, allegro dance tempo).

“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.” - Vivian Greene

Cherry Blossom Dream

Frog Storm Dance

Union Pacific's Historic Big Boy Steam Locomotive No. 4014 Leaving Neodesha, KS - Sunday, November 17th, 2019.

Technical details:

Recorded with a Sound Devices MixPre-6 using a RØDE NT4 stereo microphone and a matched stereo pair of Clippy EM172 microphones in a binaural configuration. The two stereo recordings were combined into a single L/R stereo pair. The software used was Adobe Audition.

Union Pacific's Historic Big Boy Steam Locomotive No. 4014

Union Pacific's Historic Big Boy Steam Locomotive No. 4014 Leaving Neodesha, KS

I'm a passionate photographer, gardener, artist, field recordist, composer, software engineer, and a nice guy. Music and field recordings are incredibly inspirational and important to me...and I'm sure to you. I wish you the best.

Michael Cessna

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