Psychology for Penguins

by Ben Conway

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1.	Golden Hills 04:20	buy track
2.	The Song of the Tides 04:10	buy track
3.	The Lake 05:29	buy track
4.	Sandstone 04:29	buy track
5.	Fog Over Hills 04:00	buy track
6.	Northwest 03:10	buy track
7.	Morning Run 06:31	buy track
8.	Across the Country 04:25	buy track
9.	Mountain Snow 03:16	buy track
10.	Observe the Universe 06:25	buy track

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Here's my latest album---Psychology for Penguins! You don't have to be a penguin to listen to it, though. (But if you are a penguin, hi! Here's an album for you!)
The Song of the Tides is actually based on a data visualization experiment---I was experimenting with visualizing the tides, and I noticed that the tide graph had an interesting waveform to it. One of the Csound instruments in this song uses NOAA data to synthesize a similar waveform at audio frequencies---the sound of the interactions between the Moon, the Sun, and the sea.
Morning Run is another experiment in a less-ambient direction---it has more of a melody and structure to it. It was partially inspired by a visit to New England in 2021.
Mountain Snow was an experiment with acoustic instruments and extreme time-stretching using the Paulstretch algorithm. The whooshing sounds in the background are derived from the same recording as the primary melodic motif, just stretched out a lot.
And Observe the Universe is inspired by a philosophical motto that I've been trying to live by: "Stop worrying and observe the universe." (The first half of the motto is much harder. I'll probably write a piece of music about that some day, too.)

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released April 11, 2022

The Song of the Tides was created using data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/harcon.html?id=9414750)

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Ben Conway makes music to transport people to calmer states of mind.

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