"I was inspired by the title "waiting for the flying squirrels". I listen to the recordings several times, observing the sounds with my eyes closed, and I felt like I was there. As a kid, I would frequently visited Kerhonkson, New York - Catskill Mountains at Peg Legs Country Club where I would see flying squirrels at night - at first I thought they were bats. I was just a city kid who wasn’t exposed to the country life, led along the forest and beautiful mountains at first. Of course that led to more visits and path the way to explore more of the forest.
Onto the process:
My approach and process was simple - I wanted to acknowledge the presence of the animals, leave the recordings untouched to preserve the sound and create a melodic rhythmic groove that set the mood. I felt that it was necessary to allow the listener to hear how the composition came to light from just listening to John Roach’s recording along with my composition. I wanted to build sound a
