Master Nature Sound Recordist Shares New Book At Griffith City Library

Over the last 30 years, master nature sound recordist Andrew Skeoch has travelled widely capturing the sounds of the world’s wild places.

His audio recordings have been heard in documentaries and feature films such as Peter Gabriel’s soundtrack to Rabbit Proof Fence and published as over 100 soundscape albums through his label, Listening Earth.

Andrew not only takes the reader to remote locations to eavesdrop on exotic wildlife in his new book, Deep Listening to Nature, but guides them in how to become a listener to the nature immediately around them.

Beginning by expanding their listening awareness, Andrew shows how to identify species by voice, recognise the purposes of various vocalisations, and ultimately listen with empathy to the sentence of other creatures.

Andrew then invites people to listen more deeply - to the whole environment, to hear how nature works.

He points to how we can discern a healthy habitat, hear the evolutionary links between species, and the ways communication is used pervasively throughout the animal kingdom to facilitate co-operation and avoid the costs of competition.

Andrew will be at Griffith City Library to chat about his new book, Deep Listening to Nature, on Wednesday, June 19 at 5:30 pm.

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