One of my favorite feeds is California Landscape Bot, “a real time portrait of California brought to you by the alertca.live network,” which generates GIFs from video cameras monitoring landscapes for wildfire. The GIFs are super short, less than ten seconds. I picked one I love, all 8.1 seconds, and soundtracked it.
Like any miniature, you have you give it full attention. Full screen the video and give it a few replays to absorb the story of the moon and the star.
California Landscapes – Night at 3707 Feet
This isn’t the first time I have recorded that tune. 14 years ago I did two versions on guitar. The second one is better: Horace Weston’s Celebrated Polka (version 2). That makes this recording Horace Weston’s Celebrated Polka (version 3)! Over this time I have learned to let music breathe. I am after texture and mood now, instead of going after a tight ball of ideas.
(Horace Weston is a fascinating person, well worth going down the wiki rabbit hole).
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