Over the past twenty-five
years, more or less, there has been a proliferation of musical Nature
Recordings which appeal to many listeners. Here in Canada, one of the pioneers
was the late Dan Gibson who founded and produced the famous Solitudes Series
which I believe numbered a staggering 157 CD’s in total.
Many other New Age Music
artists are renowned – offering innumerable themes and instrumental
combinations. I am an avid music lover of many styles, and seem to have trended
from one type to another as years come and go. In the days of yore before the
advent of CD’s, cassette recordings were the norm.
In the autumn of 2012, I
remembered to take along one cherished cassette which has not been played very
often; reason being that I’m supposed to save it for a certain someone’s
Celebration of Life service - and it feels irreplaceable! Wending our way home
along backrounds and sideroads, it seemed a perfect time to snap the tape into
the dashboard player. I nearly held my breath in apprehension that it wouldn’t
play; then anticipation as the sounds became audible.
The stirring, exhilarating,
and very contagious Thunderdrums by Scott Fitzgerald very nearly made the
windows shudder as I cranked up the volume. The effects were simply thunderful!
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