A Bird in the Hand is worth TWO in the Bush

There is a bird in that bush!

Recording lapping surf at Port Royal.

setting up the microphones for the frogs at sunset.

Pinkney Island
(Photos by Beverly Gaddy)

OK so I think I'm done, but I'm not satisfied....here's where it gets tricky...I'm so close to what I want, it's too easy to overwork it and start moving away from my target.  So do I stop now, not quite feeling good about it or do I continue? 

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO DRAFT 18.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SCORE FOR DRAFT 18.

For me, I've got to keep working to make it better.  It's the frogs:  the rising pizzicato line is not thematically related to the frogs.  Frogs don't ascend a scale, even though all the notes in the scale come from their chorus.  None of the animal songs do this. Scales are a human construction.  So I've got to eliminate it.  I've got to do better.

Personal Best says to let go of the bird in the hand.  Artists don't settle.  I guess we'd rather starve!