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Issue #1 - March 2007

Catalogue Highlight -

Each month we will be featuring one of our nature CD titles at a special price: Aust$16.50 (Overseas (non-Australian) orders, ex-tax, converts to approx. US$11.65, 9.00 Euro or £6.20).

March 2007:

The Sacred Forests of India - Nagarahole National Park

April 2007:

Kakadu - A Celebration of the Wetlands

Next Issue:

India, 2007
There are times when the frustrations of getting anything done in India threaten to reach into your psyche and strangle your sanity. Then, when you least expect it, India touches your heart in ways you can't describe. We'll be sharing the joys and otherwise of life on the road in India's National Parks and Wildlife Reserves.

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Welcome to our first Newsletter.

We have just returned from an amazing (but exhausting!) 3 months travelling in India. We criss-crossed the subcontinent, recording and photographing in some extraordinary environments.

Whilst this was a rich experience for us in so many ways, there were times when we really missed our friends and family. Which got us thinking about the importance of staying in touch. And we realised that it is people like you, our listeners, who would also like to share in our journeys and hear more inspiring nature sounds.

So here it is! Our first Listening Earth Newsletter. Why haven't we done this earlier?

Our time in India gave us lots of time to reflect on new directions for the coming year. First off, we want to develop our website, offering more recordings, variety in our products, and ways we can connect with listeners (hence this newsletter). Then there are the recordings we have come back from India with - we haven't had time to audition them extensively yet, but we have taken an excerpt from one of the highlight mornings to share with you here. A little later in the year, we plan to visit Thailand with the hope of recording gibbons calling in the rainforests.

For this first issue of our newsletter, we thought we'd begin at the beginning, and tell you about how we started Listening Earth. People often say that we're lucky doing what we do, but for us the real blessing is that we still enjoy it for the same reasons we started.

We also want to highlight the article about the work of Bernie Krause, a pioneering American nature sound researcher who has some fascinating ideas on how nature organises itself acoustically. Bernie and Andrew were interviewed last year by Fran Kelly on ABC Radio National regarding noise pollution and its impact on native birds and animals (transcript here).

Finally, this is your newsletter as much as ours - tell us what would you like to see in it!

Best wishes, Sarah and Andrew

 

In this issue:

 


Feature: The Listening Earth story - how we began
Our recollections of what inspired us to begin recording nature sounds, and how it all came together against the odds!
http://www.listeningearth.com.au/newsletters/2007_03_feature.htm


How have natural soundscapes evolved?
There is a lot more going on in nature than we have suspected. Read this fascinating article about how nature conducts its symphonies.
http://www.listeningearth.com.au/newsletters/2007_03Krause.htm


New Release: 'An Evening in the Australian Bush'
Our new album, a nocturnal companion (so to speak) of our most popular 'Morning in the Australian Bush', is now released.
http://www.listeningearth.com.au/newsletters/2007_03_articles.htm#Evening


Nature Download Shop - coming soon
After many requests, we'll be soon establishing a secure download shop. Make your iPod green!
http://www.listeningearth.com.au/newsletters/2007_03_articles.htm#Download


Free Nature Download + Desktop Image
This month; one of the richest mornings of birdsong from our recent field trip to India. A friend described it as sounding like a hearty soup for the soul.
http://www.listeningearth.com.au/newsletters/2007_03_articles.htm#Sound


Write an album Review
We would like to invite you to review any of our albums. Tell our online visitors what listening to nature has meant to you.
http://www.listeningearth.com.au/newsletters/2007_03_articles.htm#Review


Comet McNaught
We arrived home from India in January, just in time to catch a glimpse of the spectacular Comet McNaught in the far southern sky. This photo from outside our home.
http://www.listeningearth.com.au/newsletters/2007_03_articles.htm#Comet