What is your favorite sound?

[Sesan]

As I headed to bed last night, exhausted from another busy day, I found myself listening to the pouring rain outside for what seemed like hours. Of all mother natures wonderful sounds, none seems to capture my spirit more than rain. Billions of tiny drops of water all joining together to make a magical harmony, a healing force that I could never grow tired of. Meditation seems easier when I hear rain outside. The busy thoughts in my head seem to be absorbed and washed away (sorry for the pun). My best sleep is always during a rain storm. I wish it would rain every night!

So what is your favorite sound? There are so many to choose from, but perhaps the sound of silence is what works for you? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Cheers!
Sesan

[shadowstalker]

Rain, thunder and a running stream, they all help me to be calm and relaxed.
Nice thread starter BTW..

[Sesan]

Rain, thunder and a running stream, they all help me to be calm and relaxed.
Nice thread starter BTW..

Somehow I knew you would be the first to post. Gotta love intuition.
:)
Sesan

[Forevernyt]

I like the sound the TARDIS makes. :)

On a more natural note, I like thunder and/or the soft crunch of snow underfoot when all is quiet.

[seantimberwolf]

I would have to say rhythmic beating vellum or old drums.
Building in speed.
And being in a forest alone, its like natures orchestra :)

[freebird111777]

I would have to say a nice thunderstorm, or the sound of waves. I also like waking up to birds singing outside my window :)

[shadowstalker]

Rain, thunder and a running stream, they all help me to be calm and relaxed.
Nice thread starter BTW..

Somehow I knew you would be the first to post. Gotta love intuition.
:)
Sesan

;) :cool: :wizard:

[Tony]

Wind in the trees .........................................and do you want another chocolate?

[Forevernyt]

and do you want another chocolate?

Now, why didn't I think of that???

[GaelVictor]

High keys of the piano, in a easy listening style.. that will get a smile on my face everytime.

..and the high pitched electrosounds of Acid House ;)

[Tarka the Duck]

A blackbird's song.

I also love The Beatles 'Blackbird' - we were once strolling by Lake Como in Italy late at night...and a blackbird began to sing in a tree over our heads...'Blackbird singing in the dead of night'...spine tingling ;)

[Tony]

Also...................... my wife laughing!

[seantimberwolf]

How about this one, the sound of your alarm waking you up for work when its your day off. :)

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Also...................... my wife laughing!

I hope to be able to say something that beautiful one day Tony

[Carmody]

V-12, 6 liter or thereabouts, ears popping, vision blurring and narrowing to a point about 1/2 a mile up the road, about 200 mph...engine screaming like an angry banshee being torn in half.....

on the other end of the scale...

some nice ambient music...

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I HAVE combined the two.

That song.... at over 160 mph. (well. I HAD to do it, at least once....)


Then..there is this. A guy who owned the biggest record store in town. he had about 20k albums at home, at the time. We actually got into a scuffle in his store..over the last LP copy of this. If you've never heard this before..you are in for a real treat.:

(Sound is God)


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[Sesan]

Also...................... my wife laughing!

Being I've only ever heard this sound twice in my life, the sound of my new born little girls entering this world for the first time was amazing! After a few long nights listening to the crying, well let's just say I'd prefer the rain.
Lol

[TelosianEmbrace]

Young women laughing unaffectedly together. The sound has a tone, a pitch, a resonance that would wash away the ills of the world.

[778 neighbour of some guy]

:drum:Burning Spear:drum:with a cold beer under a reed roof during the monsoon at night, torchlight knawing on a few chicken legs, in Unawatuna,Sri Lanka, very nice sound.


Burning Spear. Marcus garvey


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Burning Spear. African Postman.

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ENJOY just for your amusement.

[NeverMind]

My mother's voice and laughter.

I also love most natural sounds, especially the sound of wind, of thunder, of sea waves, of snow falling upon snow.
(I do like the sound of rain myself, but I actually prefer to feel it on my skin.)
And church bells in the distance, when a lovely day out is ending.

And being in a forest alone, its like natures orchestra
Absolutely! :)

And music, of course, but that's a whole different realm.

But without my mother's voice all the voices of nature, and even music, would bespeak nothing but absence.

[Little Ishta]

I love the sound of the wind, the waves, waterfalls and children laughing.

[NeverMind]

A blackbird's song.

I also love The Beatles 'Blackbird' - we were once strolling by Lake Como in Italy late at night...and a blackbird began to sing in a tree over our heads...'Blackbird singing in the dead of night'...spine tingling ;)


That would have been a nightingale.
And yes, it is lovely. :)



P.S. You would probably appreciate the description of Gustav Mahler's funeral.
(It's not morbid. Not at all. :)

[DreamsInDigital]

My pony when she knickers in greeting. Also...whales singing.

[Carmody]

High keys of the piano, in a easy listening style.. that will get a smile on my face everytime.

..and the high pitched electrosounds of Acid House ;)

Not the Acid House..but the other one:

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[13th Warrior]

Music...

And i have many favorites...

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[Sierra]

Purr boxes. Lake waves lapping. Song birds chirping. Snow crunching underfoot. My sister's voice. Wooden boat rocking. The whump of skis hitting the ground. Leather saddle creaking. Silence to hear.

[crosby]

i love the sound of ocean waves crashing against the shore. there is something quite beautiful in that too me.
regards, corson

[grapevine]

Babies laughing . . . . .lashing rain on the window when I am sleepy and warm in bed . . . . beloved pet's purring in my ear in the middle of the night . . . . . . these are few of my favourite things - lol (no dogs biting or bees stinging ya hear? ha ha)

[WhiteFeather]

The Sounds of Nature, simply because we are connected to Nature. This is my baby blanket, I often go to sleep listening to this.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCw6nwRnJIo&feature=channel_video_title

[meeradas]

Absolute silence...
and then, the sound of a conch or a horn blown
from a distance, over valleys filled with mist,
on a very early spring morning, before the birds wake.

[bodhii71]

Every Sound has it's own beauty, but to narrow it down.
Belly Laughter
Clinking of glasses
Hearing " I love You"

[modwiz]

Absolute silence...
and then, the sound of a conch or a horn blown
from a distance, over valleys filled with mist,
on a very early spring morning, before the birds wake.

When, and where, I live in my tent for half the year, each meal is announced by the blowing of conch shells. 3 times a day they sound to call people to the dining hall and nourishment. I am almost a half mile away in my tent from the dining hall and they are beautiful to hear. I, like you Meeradas, enjoy silence but the natural sounds of the deep Summer, with the woods filled with a wall of night sounds from myriad insects is my favorite. Especialy late at night after the katydids have stopped and it is just the blanket sounds of whirring and ecstatic screaming of the insects. In the woods the crickets are not as much in play but walking past wide lawns on my way to my tent, just a little way into the forest, the crickets serenade me. Winds blowing and gusting in passionate, but not threatening or damaging, ways is another delight of mine.

I guess the sound of Nature is my favorite sound. Babbling brooks are another treat.

[Carmody]

Absolute silence...
and then, the sound of a conch or a horn blown
from a distance, over valleys filled with mist,
on a very early spring morning, before the birds wake.

When and where I live in my tent for half the year, each meal is announced by the blowing of conch shells. 3 times a day they sound to call people to the dining hall and nourishment. I am almost a half mile away in my tent from the dining hall and they are beautiful to hear. I, like you Meeradas, enjoy silence but the natural sounds of the deep Summer, with the woods filled with a wall of night sounds from myriad insects is my favorite. Especially late at night after the katydids have stopped and it is just the blanket sounds of whirring and ecstatic screaming of the insects. In the woods the crickets are not as much in play but walking past wide lawns on my way to my tent, just a little way into the forest, the crickets serenade me. Winds blowing and gusting in passionate, but not threatening or damaging, ways is another delight of mine.

I guess the sound of Nature is my favorite sound. Babbling brooks are another treat.

To be truthful, my favorite sounds are like Mod's or Meeradas' favorites.

Ethereally speaking, my favorites are the sound you hear when slipping out of the body and the sound that 'the light' has. The light has a sound that is, well...pretty difficult to describe. I wish folks could hear it, but, eventually, all will.

[meeradas]

The Sounds of Nature, simply because we are connected to Nature. This is my baby blanket, I often go to sleep listening to this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCw6nwRnJIo

Extra thanks this way!

Am streaming this @ work, right now... and boy, what a difference!
Instantly feel my heart and crown... at work. Very good. Thanks again.


(...) the crickets serenade me. (...)
I guess the sound of Nature is my favorite sound. Babbling brooks are another treat.

Yea, and crickets & brooks! I just love them.

[Niobe]

The wind in the trees and the ocean. ahhhh

[markpierre]

Hmmmm, apart from rain and flowing water and the ocean and the orchestra of birds tuning up in the bush around me, I like the sound of my teaspoon clinking the sides of my cup.

[Ernest]

The pattering of rain, the rumble of thunder, and the bamboo flute~

[jagman]

The sound of a crackling campfire by the lake,Crickets chirping. Ice cold bud in one hand. Maybe a little smoke in the other lol Just enjoying all that nature has to offer.

[modwiz]

i love the sound of ocean waves crashing against the shore. there is something quite beautiful in that too me.
regards, corson

Here is a 45 minute recording I made after a storm had passed on Fire Island, NY. It is a barrier Island and runs for over 30 miles facing South into the Atlantic Ocean. No voices or planes are heard and no music. Pure Ocean, stirred not shaken. On a good stereo set the room will rumble with the waves and feel like being at a beach. It is my recording, no copyright, feel free to right click it and save it.
http://k004.kiwi6.com/hotlink/223x060798/waves_at_smith_point.mp3

This goes for everybody and not just Corson.

[Zillah]

- Sai baba chanting the gayatri mantra
- Music notes that follow dissonance, which makes them sound even more beautiful than if played alone.
- Morning voices
- Whispers when speaking is not permitted
- Crystal Bowls
- The sound my dog makes when she dreams (whimper whimper growl growl squeak!!!!)
- Fire crackling
- Loons
- Wind flowing through a chasm
- Skype, when someone Im thinking about intensely just so happens to log on
- Accents and languages I cant understand, it fascinates me :)
------ and a million other magical things that I will spare you all from reading :) ------

[jagman]

- Sai baba chanting the gayatri mantra
- Music notes that follow dissonance, which makes them sound even more beautiful than if played alone.
- Morning voices
- Whispers when speaking is not permitted
- Crystal Bowls
- The sound my dog makes when she dreams (whimper whimper growl growl squeak!!!!)
- Fire crackling
- Loons
- Wind flowing through a chasm
- Skype, when someone Im thinking about intensely just so happens to log on
- Accents and languages I cant understand, it fascinates me :)
------ and a million other magical things that I will spare you all from reading :) ------
So who are you so intensely thinking about Zillah? Just kidn But please feel
free to share. Were all in the sharing tree right now lol

[GaelVictor]

Vibraphone
Hammond organ !


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[meeradas]

... when he [see pic] was singing praise to the sunrise on one of our last days together... o my heart

[meeradas]

It is my recording, no copyright, feel free to right click it and save it.
http://k004.kiwi6.com/hotlink/223x060798/waves_at_smith_point.mp3

Awesome, modwiz.
If the headphone test says ok,
i might use it for one of my next ambient pieces... thnxx!!

[Ivanhoe]

Out in a secluded field after a snowfall, just being silent,... and listening to the rain,...anytime LOL.

[crosby]

i love the sound of ocean waves crashing against the shore. there is something quite beautiful in that too me.
regards, corson

Here is a 45 minute recording I made after a storm had passed on Fire Island, NY. It is a barrier Island and runs for over 30 miles facing South into the Atlantic Ocean. No voices or planes are heard and no music. Pure Ocean, stirred not shaken. On a good stereo set the room will rumble with the waves and feel like being at a beach. It is my recording, no copyright, feel free to right click it and save it.
http://k004.kiwi6.com/hotlink/223x060798/waves_at_smith_point.mp3

This goes for everybody and not just Corson.


that is music too my ears..... thanks modwiz.
regards, corson

[Carmen]

My horse nickering to me or the sound of little cheeps from under a broody hen.

[Centauro]

Sweetness Of The Earth (Shamanic Dream II)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=2GU7KigDWa8

Lullaby (Soma - An Experience in Psychoacoustic Healing) most play real loud:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV5KaMgtcOY&feature=related

Tom Kenyon - Journey Of The KA (Sound Transformation)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjPFI_Yjhpk&feature=related

[blufire]

I love the moment in time just before the break of each dawn when there is absolute silence and then just as the dawn presents herself for the new day the world wakes up in an explosion of nature sounds.

[conk]

A baby laughing.

[aquamarine]

HELLO ALL XXXX I love the first sign of the lawn mowers and the first fragrance of freshly cut grass in the spring xxxx plus the song by E.L.O, Mr Blue Sky xxxx it makes me feel soooo happy, i listened to it as a child when my father played it full blast when my mother was at work at the weekends lol xxx blessed be aquamarine

[aquamarine]

HELLO ALL XXXX I love the first sign of the lawn mowers and the first fragrance of freshly cut grass in the spring xxxx plus the song by E.L.O, Mr Blue Sky xxxx it makes me feel soooo happy, i listened to it as a child when my father played it full blast when my mother was at work at the weekends lol xxx blessed be aquamarine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98P-gu_vMRc&feature=player_detailpage#t=0s

[Lefty Dave]

I'm torn between childrens' laughter....and the songs of the mockingbird...ever changing...

[Carmen]

Ohh! I thought of another one. The sound of babies laughing! Love that.

[Belle]

Vibraphone
Hammond organ !

Nothing like the sound of a Hammond B3!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwLt-VXHxD0


Oh, and I love booming thunderstorms with lots of crackling lightning...
the echoes of the storm as it passes...
and children singing, too.

I know...weird combination.

[Sesan]

- Sai baba chanting the gayatri mantra
- Music notes that follow dissonance, which makes them sound even more beautiful than if played alone.
- Morning voices
- Whispers when speaking is not permitted
- Crystal Bowls
- The sound my dog makes when she dreams (whimper whimper growl growl squeak!!!!)
- Fire crackling
- Loons
- Wind flowing through a chasm
- Skype, when someone Im thinking about intensely just so happens to log on
- Accents and languages I cant understand, it fascinates me :)
------ and a million other magical things that I will spare you all from reading :) ------

No keep going!! Do tell....do tell!!!
:)