| STAINED GLASS MEDIA |
| THE WICKENBURG NATURE CD IS AVAILABLE NOW! Just send $17.00 (This includes S&H and Tax) to: Catherine Edwards 2955 N Silver Spur Dr Wickenburg, AZ 85390 Original music for this album was composed and performed by Catherine Edwards at her Stained Glass Media Studio in Wickenburg, Arizona. The nature sounds were recorded at various locations along the Hassayampa River. These on-site environmental recordings act as additional instruments to the music. Wickenburg is at the northern edge of the Sonoran Desert and located in the Hassayampa River Valley. Since its founding in 1863 and its incorporation in 1909, Wickenburg has been able to protect much of its “old west” heritage. This album attempts to musically capture the spirit of the native wild west, by incorporating the same nature sounds that have been heard along the Hassayampa for an untold number of years. Many of the synthesizer Instruments selected for the musical pieces could have been heard in Wickenburg saloons in the late 1800’s, or Native American dwellings several hundred years ago. Here are three examples: |
| Desert Fury |
| Canyon River |
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| Night Owl |
| For most of its length, the Hassayampa River flows just a few feet beneath the sand surface. That is why the Yavapai Indians called it the upside down river. But in the Box Canyon area, a short distance north of Wickenburg, the Hassayampa works its way upward and becomes a rapidly flowing body of water. This recording was made in February 2009 about 200 yards upriver from the Box Canyon. The sound of the flowing water captures the serenity of this magnificent region. The music was written to compliment the river’s primitive elegance. |
| Thunderstorms in the sonoran desert can be especially turbulent, but because they always are accompanied by the wispy, pungent aroma of the pervasive creosote bushes, they adopt an unexpected sort of gentleness. The recording of this thunderstorm was made at sunrise during the monsoon summer of 2008. The equipment was set up under the historic Hassayampa Well at the edge of the river and within the town of Wickenburg. The rainwater can be heard pouring off of the ramada roof. The music combines the tempestuousness of the storm with the gentleness of new growth created by the rainwaters. |
| This original Mexican flavored music provides the setting for the sounds that come alive each night in the Sonoran Desert. It took almost a year to record all of the natural night sounds. The cricket, which acts as the base sound throughout this selection, was recorded at the Hassayampa River Preserve south of Wickenburg. The Owl was recorded late one Spring evening in 2009. It was perched in a tree near Wickenburg Town Hall. Those wonderful coyotes were recorded in the desert late one evening west of Wickenburg. It was the night of the August new moon. The train was recorded around midnight late in 2008 as it travelled through Wickenburg. |