The Sound of Silence

[Daniel Cary]

"In restless dreams I walk alone"

 

[AZDAVE]

I go to the woods/bush/water for solstice and quite to hear what nature has to say.

 

[BonUm16]

OT, There were times when music was most welcome. Back before satellite radio and piped in music. droning along at 8000 ft. listening to a southern AM country channel on the ADF was highly enjoyable.

Your comment brought to mind a few lines from a favored song, Hogpatrol.

“Switching it over to AM
Searching for a truer sound
Can't recall the call letters
Steel guitar and settle down”

“Catching an all-night station
Somewhere in Louisiana
It sounds like 1963
But for now it sounds like heaven”

 

[C.W. Richter]

'Could say a lot more on this topic of consumerism and mand-made crap that goes completely against Nature, but the closest ever did I get to music in the field was going out grouse hunting with an old-timer and his dogs at one of the family farms...he's 200 yds away in secondary successional growth (where g-birds thrive-fallow overgrown old farm fields), gets to the highest point with the 270 degree views of the valleys and mountains distant, on a perfect Fall day (just like today) and he begins belting out "The Hills are Alive...With the Sound of Music!!!" I cracked up and just about died laughing-and so did he!!! (That was his humorous way of communicating-"I'm over here!" I let music fly in 2000 when I stalked a very nice buck in his bed and shot him at 60 yds with my trusty (overkill for that shot!) 300 WM. I let out an uncontrollable, primal native American sort of "Yahooooooo!!!" call...which led to two other distant hunters coming over to help me drag him out! Nature makes its own, beautiful music. Like the brown Hammer Kops in Southern Africa. 'Can't get enough of that music!!! As my fam is very musical, back at camp we do often play instrumental music here and there while resting (it used to be on Sundays, but now that hunting is allowed, it's oddly curbed the tradition a bit.) Camp now has cable wi-fi, a smart TV, always a stereo...but those are used most outside of the hunting seasons. We're just too tired after all of the good work is done...How many deer are missed due to music playing in lieu of hunting?? LOL <buys bluetooth high end speakers/ear buds for all younger neighboring hunters as an early Xmas present from Santa> ***may cause brain cancer a la Neil Peart. The silence in Nature is simply absence of unnatural sounds...if you LISTEN, nature is actually quite full of its own distinct beautiful sounds all all types...the wind rustling leaves, the drumming grouse, pileated woodpeckers, bawling fawns. Have you ever heard the death moan of a bear??? You will NEVER forget that one. It's typically preceded by a somewhat unnatural loud noise, but one of the sounds "in nature" I love most is the echo of a .300 WM upon firing in the proper topography to enjoy its literally deafening music...Enjoy either way. "Dig the Sounds. It's ALL Freedom!" -J.M. Hendrix

 

[DieJager]

I'll just listen to the sound of the environment. Sitting in a high seat is the ultimate stress reducer for me. Dozing off, fighting your eyes in the slowly falling or rising sun, just to be instantly awake when spotting deer, rising adrenaline. No music needed for me.

 

[Badjer]

I work in a noisy environment. I immerse myself in silence as much as possible. Even at home. If you want noise, wear earbuds. A majority of people don't like your music anyway. (no matter what kind it is)

 

[Badjer]

I find it the height of conceit to assume that other people want to hear your choice of music, exotically in a setting that is traditionally quiet.

Don't get me started on the morons who can't talk on the phone "IN THEIR HAND" without having it on speaker. It's narcissistic and rude.