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Visits The Olympic Peninsula

by Shane "Bray" Kerr

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Pumpkin Friend A delightful experience and journey. Love the notes and location/date/time stamps - like I was right there on the excursion. It may have been November but Shane's playful improvs (expertly performed) are filled with sunshine and hope. Favorite track: Somewhere in the Hoh Rainforest 3:26pm 11_23_21.
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Madrona Park, just arrived in Seattle 6:36am 11_21_21 02:09
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Ruby Beach 2:13am 11_22_21 03:23
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Ruby Beach 2:16am 11_22_21 02:43
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Hoh River Trail 10:05am 11_23_21 02:13
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Land of Legends Trail, Hoh Rainforest 12:16pm 11_23_21 02:29
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Land of Legends Trail, Hoh Rainforest 12:21pm 11_23_21 01:44
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Somewhere in the Hoh Rainforest 3:26pm 11_23_21 04:26
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Rialto Beach 9:00am 11_24_21 02:31
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Little River Trail 2:55pm 11_24_21 02:46
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Inside of a tree, Little RIver Trail 3:28pm 11_24_21 02:37
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Walking on the Little River Trail 3:37pm 11_24_21 04:28
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While visiting the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, I recorded a few pennywhistle improvisations during brief moments of inspiration, or restlessness. These were scattered across the trip- look to the titles for info on where and when (noted time depicts the ending of each recording, not when the jam began). Recorded on my iPhone 6.

It was cool visiting the peninsula in Novemeber; not a lot of people, and briskly, revitalizingly chilly. The weather treated us well- only raining when we were sleeping in the car or driving. Most of the time we were walking around, it was drizzling at the wettest. I don't get to travel far very often, and we made sure that we picked the spot with the most moss and fog.

I like jamming on diatonic instruments like this nickel generation d, and the susato oriole in d, noodling the space around me into something different for a few minutes. It can be a little harsh at times, but I like the spontaneity within a pre-established confinement of notes from the holes. And clearly I like to mess around with twin tinning them.

Some of these are edited from longer recordings, and two recordings are not represented here at all, mostly because they didn't sound interesting to me upon relistening.

As of right now, my favorite recording here is the one from "somewhere" in the Hoh Rainforest. It sounds like what I really wanted to capture from my unrecorded jams, and I like the pitter patter rain percussion. While playing that one, there was a little phrase that sounded so familiar and satisfying that I kept going back to it, not sure why it sounded familiar. Upon hearing it again, the thing it sounds closest to is the riff from "Stay On It" by Julius Eastman. That's an absolutely gorgeous piece that I must have listened to many many times, and I am not surprised that when I stumbled upon something that gave me a similar lively feeling, I would repeat it.

The place was beautiful. The prettiest I have seen, which is no surprise given my adoration of moss, the comfiest of plants. The Hoh especially had so much. Little River Trail, too. I liked it so much that when we got back to Massachusetts, we had to go to one of our favorite local hikes (to Pigpen Ledges at Mt Toby) for a direct comparison. It still rocks here- these young eastern woods on these old crumbled hills have a unique beauty of their own. I am alright to live here for a while longer, but I would very much like to spend more time in the Hoh and other areas on the Olympic Peninsula again.

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released December 3, 2021

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Shane "Bray" Kerr

SbK plays and records music alone and with others, sometimes using the moniker Toppus Bottomus. thanks for listening :)

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