We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Hello, little bird

from Empty Nest by Fiona Taylor and Nataley Freeman

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Here's a cellophane wrapped physical CD, with beautiful album cover and inlay art by Aderyn Taylor-Roberts. Please be aware, any CDs shipped to destinations outside the UK may be liable for additional customs and duties on arrival (not included in the shipping fee).

    Includes unlimited streaming of Empty Nest via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    edition of 100 
    Purchasable with gift card

      £10 GBP or more 

     

about

She is pregnant, and nesting. She sees a bird building a nest outside and feels connected to nature’s process of preparing a home in which to raise young.

Musically, this one is about exploring my love of birdsong and experimenting with birdsong audio. I used recordings of a hermit thrush, nightingale, and anhingas to create some of the effects, mostly by manipulating speeds and chopping things up a bit. Birdsong makes up many of the rhythms, melodies, drones and pulses.

For more details on the creation on this track using birdsong, visit:
emptynestproject.uk/about-the-songs/

lyrics

Hello, little bird, are you building your nest?
Will you lay an egg? Will you raise a chick?
Then one day when it flies away
Your nest will be empty again.
(Spoken) Well done! A job well done!

I’m gonna build my nest, I’m gonna make it warm and cosy
I’m gonna paint this room, I’ll get it ready for my baby.
I’m gonna lay my egg, feed my chick juicy food.
I’m gonna keep her safe, from the rain and the storm.

Just like you, I will keep her so warm.
Just like you, I will teach her to fly.
And just like you, she will spread her wings and fly away.
My nest will be empty again.
A job well done.

Rock-a-bye, baby, in the treetop.
When the wind blows the cradle will rock.
(Mmm, mmm.)

credits

from Empty Nest, released November 19, 2021

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Fiona Taylor image

Fiona Taylor England, UK

Fiona Taylor (composer) writes for film and TV, including BBC’s Countryfile, Gardeners' World, and Sky Documentaries.

She played the flute with the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and performed in West End musicals.
(fionajtaylor.com)


Nataley Freeman, a featured soloist at Chepstow Community Big Band, is also a singer/songwriter. ... more

contact / help

Contact Fiona Taylor

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Fiona Taylor, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring interviews with LA music scene pillar Kamasi Washington, and new London-based duo Mrcy.

listen now