The Whalesong Project Captain's Log: Peak Activity Period for Whalesong Project

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Peak Activity Period for Whalesong Project

So much is happening lately that it is hard to get the time to write any of it down. We are at the More Fishes Hawaiʻi conference today at Maui Community College. Next weekend we are at Celebration of the Arts at the Ritz Carlton Kapalua. The following weekend we will be at Earth Day Baldwin Beach. Please come see us and talk story about how to create a healthy future for our oceans on this water planet live on.

Last week we had a great benefit concert with David Rothenberg, and I even got to go to sea with David and play some music with the whales - while being filmed by a French film crew for a documentary on whales.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to our project recently!!! We raised over $1,000 in the past week, that will help us keep the buoy going through this season. We are very grateful for this! You are part of the team. Stay in touch, give us feedback, help us refine our direction, take personal initiative and let us know how we can help!!!

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For a Healthy Planet

We at The Whalesong Project are dedicated to inspiring stewardship of the ocean world. The world's ocean's are a resource we all share. Healthy oceans are both a reflection of what is happening on the land, and also a necessary ingredient for healthy life on land. This project began around an underwater microphone we put in the ocean and linked to the worldwide web. For the first time, people on land could hear the mysterious and beautiful songs of Hawai'i's Whales. We gave a microphone to the voice of a species that was recently brought to the brink of extinction. Our projects are growing, and they are all based on acts of love that we hope will inspire people to take care of our planet, so it will be enjoyable for future generations.

Welcome to an Ocean of Sound

It's amazing to us to experience the oceans coming alive with the songs of the Kohola, Hawai'i's "Humpback" Whales each Winter. We hope you also are enlivened and awakened by this experience.

Click here to go to our website and hear this season's songs.

Click here to go directly to our hydrophone and skip the webpage.

If you are having problems listening click here.

This underwater acoustic world is part of our heritage, an important and vital part of life on this planet. Thinking about it, I guess most of us haven't experienced it. From a science perspective, it's fascinating to ponder the physics of sound...why it travels more efficiently through water than through air...why it can travel such long distances. From the perspective of a musician, I find these songs to express many emotions with complete freedom. From the perspective a human being who appreciates life on this planet, I find it nourishing and enriching to to listen to the voices of these mysterious voices connected to some of the largest creatures on earth (and largest brains). What are they expressing? What do they know that we don't? What are their challenges to survive on this changing planet? How can we protect the oceans as changing climate and national security issues penetrate their world. We hope you will ask yourselves some of these questions, and find your own answers as you listen. Aloha, Dan

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Peak Activity Period for Whalesong Project

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