The bird songs were recorded in one take on the southern edge of eastern Saskatchewan prairie upland (Moose Mountain) on May 21, 2015 at dawn.  In southern Saskatchewan, the uplands are a result of glacial deposits. From the south, these uplands unexpectedly and mysteriously, rise up above the otherwise flat plains. The height releases extra rainfall which allows trees, ponds, and an alternate ecology to survive. This location is pasture, scrubland and ponds on the southern edge, overlooking the vast plains extending endlessly to the south. 
When I started to compose this music, I listened for the spaces between the bird calls. I let the tempo of bird calls become my tempo, and I let the slow arrival of dawn unfold the musical ideas. I considered the mystery of the land and the solstice in finding the musical key. 
When modern society looks at the summer solstice, it sees a great imbalance: The longest day/shortest night. The ancient societies which followed the sun, saw the sun stop and hang motionless for days in its yearly north/south motion during the solstice, which implies instead, a great balance in cosmic forces. 
For relaxation and meditation, yoga, tai chi, reflection, and study.
Musical explorers: This sonic environment will support your improvisations in E flat minor pentatonic and F# major pentatonic.

Summer Solstice

0 FOUR-Cancer♋ 13526 UCC* (Saturday 21st June 2025 CE)
'2nd Season's Day' & Solstice♋Day
Holistic Radio Appearance with Andy Zen Pagan of the Dale. 
Discussing the Cancer♋Solstice and the Universal Celestial Calendar (UCC) Cardinal Festival of Cancer♋, the Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice & Southern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. AKA 'Litha' (Germanic) Alban Heruin/Hefin (Druidic) and Gwyl Ganol Yr Haf (Midsummer Festival) in Cymraeg (Welsh)
Topics also include the symbology and astrotheology of 'John The Baptist' and an important astrological aspect taking place at this time between the Sun, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune
*UCC=Universal Celestial Calendar

13526.04.00.Holistic Radio.LAF.Cancer♋Solstice Special

This SoundCloud is my Project Freeman Music 'Works In Progress' Platform.
Here are all the Demos I've captured of my Compositions to date, including my 'Songs of Freedom', which are categorised as Relating, Realisation, Remedy & Rebellion (and Revelry!) on the 'Road to Redemption', from Serf to Self, from Slave to Sovereign. 
The demos are of various quality, from the early 90's Gregorian to the present day... 
PLUS here I share audio of 'Project Freeman' presentations and interviews (these are more like podcasts, but some also include songs) 

The songs start off as rough demos in various playlists here, and are then added to the 'Project Freeman Music Official Releases' playlist once they are finished, recorded and released to the major music platforms. (You can get your own copies of these via my Bandcamp link below, with all proceeds going to support my work and causes).
Therefore the quality of the demos here varies enormously, from old 1990s amateur recordings on cassette tape, to amateur home studio demos, to raw acoustic demos on the road in the camper van, to overdubbed tracks on the move, to more polished finished works etc etc

I have over 200 songs at various stages of production. My aim is to gradually publish my complete catalogue online, so the main thing here is to 'hear how the song goes' not to be fussy about the quality of recordings or performances.
Also, 'Tracks' have not been shared here in any particular order, so more recent Tracks could actually be much older, poorer quality demos and it's not possible to change the order of the Tracks once they have been uploaded, so please bare all this in mind when listening to 'Tracks'. It's probably best to choose a 'Playlist' and go from there :)

If you're looking for the best quality versions of the songs please go straight to the 'Project Freeman Music Official Releases' playlist

Lastly, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!
Us amateur, unsigned artists don't have big budgets behind us to promote our works so I'm very grateful to you for stopping by my little corner of the internet and checking out what I'm up to ;)
The best gift you can give a song writer is to listen to their creations, so please know that I very much appreciate any plays and or re-posts & shares that you give my 'babies' ;)

Peace, love and freedom
Litmus A Freeman
Project Freeman Music

New Age, Ambient composer, Nature Sound recordist/engineer/producer

New tracks tagged #Alban Heruin