Uploaded May 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Today is my daughter's 9th birthday. She has been passionate about the ocean, its inhabitants and its health for almost as long as she has been walking. She also sometimes has a hard time falling asleep, her mind is still so active with the weight of the world by the end of the day.
So I've created this audio-visual lullaby for her -- a gift of meditation. It's a suite of music that I've composed over the decades, including a new "Sea to Sky" theme.
The video is a single 18-minute shot from Marina Del Rey CA, shot at 4k 30fps on my iPhone 7+ with an external Shure MV88 microphone. I edited it in the latest version of Final Cut Pro. I recorded using three guitars -- all made in coastal cities -- all recorded via an Apogee One Audio interface directly into my Mac. "1. Overture" was performed on my steel-string carbon fiber acoustic 2016 Rainsong Smokey Hybrid (made in Woodinville WA), through its LR Baggs pickup. "2. Sea Song" was performed using my handmade nylon-string classical 1990 Guitarras Artesanas Capri (made in Valencia, Spain), captured through a Beyerdynamic M59 directional microphone). I played "3. Learning to Live with the Wind" through my custom 1997 acoustic-electric Carvin AE185 (made in San Diego, CA), using both electric and acoustic pickups. The remainder was a mix of both the Carvin and the Rainsong (ending on the Carvin).
More context: storytelleruprising.com/2017/04/30/the-importance-of-make-do
Today is my daughter's 9th birthday. She has been passionate about the ocean, its inhabitants and its health for almost as long as she has been walking. She also sometimes has a hard time falling asleep, her mind is still so active with the weight of the world by the end of the day.
So I've created this audio-visual lullaby for her -- a gift of meditation. It's a suite of music that I've composed over the decades, including a new "Sea to Sky" theme.
The video is a single 18-minute shot from Marina Del Rey CA, shot at 4k 30fps on my iPhone 7+ with an external Shure MV88 microphone. I edited it in the latest version of Final Cut Pro. I recorded using three guitars -- all made in coastal cities -- all recorded via an Apogee One Audio interface directly into my Mac. "1. Overture" was performed on my steel-string carbon fiber acoustic 2016 Rainsong Smokey Hybrid (made in Woodinville WA), through its LR Baggs pickup. "2. Sea Song" was performed using my handmade nylon-string classical 1990 Guitarras Artesanas Capri (made in Valencia, Spain), captured through a Beyerdynamic M59 directional microphone). I played "3. Learning to Live with the Wind" through my custom 1997 acoustic-electric Carvin AE185 (made in San Diego, CA), using both electric and acoustic pickups. The remainder was a mix of both the Carvin and the Rainsong (ending on the Carvin).
More context: storytelleruprising.com/2017/04/30/the-importance-of-make-do
