The Wind Is Lonely [disquiet0258] by Formant

This track was created for the Disquiet Junto #258.

More on this 258th weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Sonic Climate: Express your local weather in sound” — at:

http://disquiet.com/0258/

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Growing up we had a set of wind chimes hanging off our living room window. They were old tubular metal chimes. Winter often reminds me of their sound.

The only wind chimes I have in my studio are these glass chimes (in the picture) that I picked up at a flea market somewhere. I recorded myself "playing" the chimes.

On top of that I added a wind drone, and then recorded a melodic fragment on my old tenor recorder. I like the melody because it wobbles back and forth between minor and major, though more heavy on the melancholy, I suppose. It's been that kind of a week.

I took the melody and expanded it a bit and played it on a wine glass plug-in I have. Added lots of delay and verb on both the glass and the recorder to smear their sounds.

Lastly I added a little bit of a beat.

I love the snow in winter, but then there are those dreary rainy days...