The Pleasure Of The Fleeting Year, Or, Walking Stick

by Raf Finn

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1.	Introduction 01:14	info	buy track
2.	Daybreak 02:04	info	buy track
3.	The Plains 02:00	info	buy track
4.	The Owl 02:05	info	buy track
5.	Changing Winds 01:51	info	buy track
6.	The Squall 02:37	info	buy track
7.	The Fox 04:07	info	buy track
8.	The Clearing 03:26	info	buy track
9.	The Stream 03:55	info	buy track
10.	The Babbling Brook 02:07	info	buy track
11.	The Bear 02:43	info	buy track
12.	Return 01:44	info	buy track
13.	Walking Stick 03:33	info	buy track
14.	At Dawn 01:30	info	buy track

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This album is dedicated to Shiva, 2009 - 2024.

"The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul." - Emerson

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credits

released April 5, 2024

Composed December 2020 - March 2021, recorded August 2023 - February 2024.

I would like to thank:

Akiva Quirk for his support during the early stages of this project, when it seemed most unlikely;

Delfina Meyer for her careful listening and advice;

Jamieson Mackay for his thoughtful comments back home.

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If it matters to you, this album was recorded at 96k/32bit resolution, and is available as such if you download it here.

No compression, quantizing, splicing, or metronome was used in the making.

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Album cover: Detail of "Long-Tailed Red Fox", John Woodhouse Audubon. Public domain.

All visual artwork used as part of this album is in the public domain.

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Music Videos:

1 - The Bear

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2 - At Dawn

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3 - The Plains

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4 - The Babbling Brook

youtu.be/CXMaRBgFpPQ

5 - The Clearing

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6 - The Owl

youtu.be/6BS2orq_hHM

7 - The Fox

youtu.be/LD20LiFU8r8

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Composer, multi-instrumentalist, rapscallion.

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