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I just put up another excerpt from a piece I have been working on lately - this chapter is called 'The Earth's Hum'. This chapter is 3:16 long.

If you want to pass a few minutes doing nothing particularly useful, go over here to Vimeo and check it out.

I had always thought I was the only one who had this crazy idea that the Earth 'hummed', that is, until just before I posted this video and I asked Mr Google if he had ever heard of the phrase 'The Earth's Hum'.

Apparently, there is a (growing?) cadre of people who share this idea with me. A lot of people report hearing a persistent hum, that some ascribe to power lines and similar urban sources. I don't think of the hum as a modern construct, I think that the Earth just hums and always has and I don't think it is a bad thing at all.

Many people find the hum drives them crazy. Maybe that's because they are hearing something different to me.

I'm already crazy, so the hum doesn't bother me at all, hopefully my short video won't bother you either.

It was discovered a few years ago that the universe has a background sound, possibly an echo of the Big Bang. A low Bb something like 40 octaves below low Bb on a piano. Can't wait to hear BKK-OZ's version.

Ha! Thanx for the thought MLC.

There's that persistent background, and then there are those damn voices I keep hearing...


Actually, I probably shouldn't jest - some people do struggle with genuine psychological conditions, whereas I am just marchimg to the beat of a different orchestra!

No access to the video yet...

There's always the ancient concept of Music of the Spheres.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musica_universalis

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:No access to the video yet...

hmmm... works for me https://vimeo.com/110966821

mikehalloran wrote:There's always the ancient concept of Music of the Spheres.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musica_universalis

Yeah, I have long been intrigued by that concept, ala' Holst and others, and whilst not wishing to sound religious (I know the rules James!) I have also been fascinated by Sufi cosmology - 'all existence is vibration'.

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:It was discovered a few years ago that the universe has a background sound, possibly an echo of the Big Bang. A low Bb something like 40 octaves below low Bb on a piano. Can't wait to hear BKK-OZ's version.

Except its a radio hum.

bayswater wrote:Except its a radio hum.

Ahem, a hum's a hum.

I hear them all.