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pretty sure it was this:
i am in awe of the people who push through the hum/background noise of life
and act/move with purpose and clarity
"change somebody's mind" - Opal Lee
"nobody's free till everybody's free" - Fannie Lou Hamer
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I can't ignore the noise either. the motorcycles... all hours... whyyy.
I do hear a lot of varieties of hum too. I heard something today that sounded like a lawnmower going forward and reverse up and down a 2-foot hill over and over for an hour. no idea what that was. then I went outside and didn't hear anything. I am grateful for earplugs.
this is lovely though. my eyelids involuntarily closed and the world stopped for a couple minutes. thank you.
I can't get over the busy-bee "bass" sound in this (not actually a bass, but it does sit below other things) -- it's akin to phosphenes in that I don't actually understand its shape to reproduce it, apart from a rough pitch-contour. Really remarkable sound and its function against "the beautiful everything" is also unique. Really excellent piece.
(Thanks for sharing the documentary, will watch sometime this week.)
very nice piece. great balance between the different elements. I feel like some more harmonic progression towards the end could make it more moving/effective
very delicate with a smooth background presence and these little moments that pop through the surface tension - like a starscape
I like the mix of sounds here. The crickets add a nice ambience and give me instant nighttime associations. I agree the busy synth noise adds a great contrast to the rest of the track.
That was really beautiful! I love the different sounds you used. Reminds me of a starry summer night
I can't ignore the noise either. the motorcycles... all hours... whyyy.
I do hear a lot of varieties of hum too. I heard something today that sounded like a lawnmower going forward and reverse up and down a 2-foot hill over and over for an hour. no idea what that was. then I went outside and didn't hear anything. I am grateful for earplugs.this is lovely though. my eyelids involuntarily closed and the world stopped for a couple minutes. thank you.
This is fantastic. So much to just drift and float away on.
I can't get over the busy-bee "bass" sound in this (not actually a bass, but it does sit below other things) -- it's akin to phosphenes in that I don't actually understand its shape to reproduce it, apart from a rough pitch-contour. Really remarkable sound and its function against "the beautiful everything" is also unique. Really excellent piece.
(Thanks for sharing the documentary, will watch sometime this week.)
very nice piece. great balance between the different elements. I feel like some more harmonic progression towards the end could make it more moving/effective
very delicate with a smooth background presence and these little moments that pop through the surface tension - like a starscape
I like the mix of sounds here. The crickets add a nice ambience and give me instant nighttime associations. I agree the busy synth noise adds a great contrast to the rest of the track.
fascinating story and nice tribute to the hum
That was really beautiful! I love the different sounds you used. Reminds me of a starry summer night
Thanks for listening 
The background sounds were samples...
*one was the hum that woke us up at 2am shaking the house - have no idea what it was but it started kicking in a low grade migraine & kicked my tinnitus up a notch - josh heard it too so i knew it wasn't just me loosing my grip on reality - no dogs were barking - it sounded like rushing water and low frequency radio noise going through stadium speakers - it was really challenging to sleep through
the sound was gone by morning & we haven't heard it again... so weird!
oddly in the recording the crickets picked up better on the mic than the hum as they were closer to the mic
*the other sound was right outside my closed bedroom window - the neighbor running an air-compressed power-washer
so i took the two samples & turned the gain up a bit
layered them with some processing
added some loops
played some pads over the drone
the goal was to make the annoying sounds melt into a more meditative piece
it helped me find some calm - glad to hear it did that for some of you
I can't get over the busy-bee "bass" sound in this (not actually a bass, but it does sit below other things) -- it's akin to phosphenes in that I don't actually understand its shape to reproduce it, apart from a rough pitch-contour. Really remarkable sound and its function against "the beautiful everything" is also unique. Really excellent piece.
(Thanks for sharing the documentary, will watch sometime this week.)
i didn't know those lights had a name - the hum kinda felt like that - where in the world was it originating? josh thought it was a bad plan to go towards it... i wanted to - but was also just feeling too tired to investigate... have you seen phosphenes? i have
I am sorry for the disturbances you are dealing with. the song is so fresh and seems to clean the auditory canals. It is really a great piece of music.
I am not sure how you made this mid range hum layer in the back, it is very interesting. It is smooth, has a cassete tape quality to it, I am curious on how you made that one. The bells float above it, and with the sound of the night as the background, it feels like fireflies in the forest. Or maybe forest spirits.
I am sorry for the disturbances you are dealing with. the song is so fresh and seems to clean the auditory canals. It is really a great piece of music.
thank yoU!
gratefully we've had some quiet nights
i'm up before the sun this morning & the crickets & birds are giving a lovely concert
I am not sure how you made this mid range hum layer in the back, it is very interesting. It is smooth, has a cassete tape quality to it, I am curious on how you made that one. The bells float above it, and with the sound of the night as the background, it feels like fireflies in the forest. Or maybe forest spirits.
love the kodama!!!
maybe it was them?
The background sounds were samples...
*one was 'a hum' that woke us up at 2am shaking the house - have no idea what it was but it started kicking in a low grade migraine & kicked my tinnitus up a notch - josh heard it too so i knew it wasn't just me loosing my grip on reality - no dogs were barking - it sounded like rushing water and low frequency radio noise going through stadium speakers - it was really challenging to sleep through - i just opened the front door and recorded a track on my laptop... the sound was gone by morning & we haven't heard it again... so weird! oddly in the recording the crickets picked up better on the mic than the hum as they were closer to the mic
*the other sound was right outside my closed bedroom window - the neighbor running an air-compressed power-washer - i recorded it on my laptop - i think there were two layers of that sample (recorded the sound on 2 different tracks so the sound on each of those tracks is just a bit different
so i took the two samples & turned the gain up a bit
layered them with some processing
added some loops
played some pads over the drone
Love this. The hum drone sounds great sets up a really nice atmosphere and the sounds layered on top are beautiful. A favorite of the week 
Ah I was gonna say it sounded like a generator in the distance but I think that was the power washer. Either way that was a really cool way to combat the noise. You took something with an odd unsettling feel to it and transformed it into a calming meditative journey. Giving me some "Signs" "Nope" cinematic feels on the second listen
also, i got curious on this hum and other hums and now i've done skeered myself for the day and the sun is rising go figure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6467rL5yDU
The alien in the phone would give me a heart attack because I use sound recording apps like that for inspiration.
I can't say I've ever heard anything like this before but I def have heard woodpeckers on trees in the distance and with the reverb/echo they create it has a unique sound to it. Also my tinnitus always gets me at night like that. Damn me for not wearing earplugs in my yewths.
yes! we can perceive the hum best through the body(the mind will only reject it attempting to perceive something so elusive can drive it to madness), i can hear your wisdom of this in the track 
all the high-frequency sparkle, and the mid-range meandering, come to focus in this celestial interplay - as if everything, from light to sound to being, can be summarized in a signal: a structure of data that keeps moving and changing in a constant stream. this track is a signal that sounds like the hum of life itself
Love this. The hum drone sounds great sets up a really nice atmosphere and the sounds layered on top are beautiful. A favorite of the week <3
thank you
The trick is to approach the hum in a meditative state.
- Devieus
gonna need some more jedi training for that trick
Ah I was gonna say it sounded like a generator in the distance but I think that was the power washer. Either way that was a really cool way to combat the noise. You took something with an odd unsettling feel to it and transformed it into a calming meditative journey. Giving me some "Signs" "Nope" cinematic feels on the second listen
wow those feels you evoked with film references - there is an intensity brewing
trying to keep calm and carry on...
also, i got curious on this hum and other hums and now i've done skeered myself for the day and the sun is rising go figure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6467rL5yDU
The alien in the phone would give me a heart attack because I use sound recording apps like that for inspiration.
I can't say I've ever heard anything like this before but I def have heard woodpeckers on trees in the distance and with the reverb/echo they create it has a unique sound to it. Also my tinnitus always gets me at night like that. Damn me for not wearing earplugs in my yewths.
well now we done skreed each other! i'm sitting in the paradox of "there must be a rational explanation/that's aliens or angels or demons or something... "
wood pecker sound how it bounced especially out in the woods is such a cool sensory experience - looking up hum info there were some fish that create interesting hum's too - maybe it's like space jellyfish?
yes! we can perceive the hum best through the body(the mind will only reject it attempting to perceive something so elusive can drive it to madness), i can hear your wisdom of this in the track
well that was just so lovely of you to say - thank you!
Cool Tangerine Dream feel. Lots of activity and tension with an underlying bed of calm. I don't hear the hum but hear the permanent ringing in my ears from standing next to too many loud drummers.
Cool Tangerine Dream feel. Lots of activity and tension with an underlying bed of calm. I don't hear the hum but hear the permanent ringing in my ears from standing next to too many loud drummers.
okay that is actually really freaky.
i don't hear it, but like how you mixed in on your track. one of those things that you hear when you pause it and hear it removed. i've never heard an "earth hum"
alien: "you mean you don't hear it yet."
drew: "okay whatever, you know what I meant, ya'll are so annoying"
alien: *laughs in alien*
drew: "dude, that also sounds like a hum"
alien: "laughs in alien and texts friend 'lol humans freak out about the hum' "
okay that is actually really freaky.
i don't hear it, but like how you mixed in on your track. one of those things that you hear when you pause it and hear it removed. i've never heard an "earth hum"
alien: "you mean you don't hear it yet."
drew: "okay whatever, you know what I meant, ya'll are so annoying"
alien: *laughs in alien*
drew: "dude, that also sounds like a hum"
alien: "laughs in alien and texts friend 'lol humans freak out about the hum' "
you know i used to be so scared of thunder when i was little & i was told God & the angels were just bowling... this was somewhat comforting - though kinda weird... i feel like the hum being alien laughter will have to be how i cope if this happens again - i wanted to go towards it to record it better & josh said he'd rather us not & i wasn't feeling brave enough to go alone...
