I just found out the lyrics are hindi (I thought they were) for "There is a lot of trouble, where are you". That's pretty neat.

Oh, and I should have mentioned in my op or thread title, that this is a Positive look at the prairie, with nice, soothing music.

It was fun and interesting to look into my feelings about the prairie, and very nice to remember all the things I enjoyed.

Well, I guess you all must just be busy, so I'll be patient. Or perhaps I'm posting videos too thick and fast?

This one's been on my mind for several days now. Woke up singing the song again to day. Gonna have to start on the next one I think, to move on.

I'm looking forward to sharing my thoughts about this one with someone. A video shares thoughts a way words can't.

I saw that it was a longer video, so I wanted to ensure that I had a proper amount of time to watch it. I really enjoyed - and especially liked the image of the owl at the end.

Aww Thanks Somegal. There's less of an echo in here now! ; )  It's a big song for a big prairie.

The owl was a special treat. It was sitting at the top of our tv antenna on the roof one night. We watched it for quite a while. It was the biggest owl I'd ever seen. Sort of like finding out something you've only ever heard of is actually real. It felt special. I wondered where it was living, with no trees about except the few in the village. I didn't expect such a large bird to be living out there. Maybe it was a barn owl living in a barn.

It reminded me of an experience I had with an owl. I was walking home from the bus one night and I cut through the grounds of a school (as I often did). It was dark out, and nobody was around when all of a sudden I saw something move. I looked up and there was an owl, perched on a post not 4 feet in front of my eyes. I stopped dead in my tracks and found myself looking at it complete awe - especially when it swivelled its' head to take a look at me. It's the only owl I've ever seen in the wild and it was incredible!

Wow, that's a close encounter! They seem so intelligent eh? The other time I saw an owl was in England, when we were walking in a wood in the fall and a small one swooped over our heads. That was special too. It brings to mind how many more encounters with wildlife people would have had in ancient times when we lived with nature, and there was no industry, and how much it all meant to them, how intwined with their mythology and way of life animals were.

Thanks for posting, Elanor. I have experienced much the same here in Saskatchewan.

Thanks Naman! Glad you enjoyed. I didn't know you were in Sask.

In many ways I am sure that was the case. I wonder, however, if they found some aspects of nature to be more ordinary and common place than we would today. For example, we barely pay attention to the aspects of nature that we see every day (birds, trees, etc.) but when we encounter something we don't ordinarily see (like the owl) we find it so amazing. Perhaps the First Nations people, who spent their lives surrounded by nature, might have felt this way also about some of the critters that surrounded them.

Hmmm, maybe... I think there were stories for all the animals, but maybe some of the more everyday things like mice or ants were not thought of like that...

And then in Europe, "Ohhhh, Bloomin' faeries!" or that kind of thing for common pests. Dogs might have been quite familiar and not so sacred...bugs...

Big animals: bears and cats, and things like foxes and badgers all had traits and people would be named after them for these traits. They'd use pagan magic to bring these traits to themselves.

So Naman, would you care to tell us how you feel about the prairie? Are you closterphobic in the mountains?

I think that people might also have been peeved by a critter, while at the same time understandning it to have a personality and value within nature's plan. But about trees, fallen leaves, they would have been more commonplace, but I think pagans of the past lived steeped in their mythologies, legend took the place of logic a lot.

Having lived pretty much my whole life on the prairie about all I can say is that I have always felt at home on the prairie.

The last few years Namana and I have been going on short holidays to visit her daughter who lives on the edge of Kananaskis Country and I have tended to drift off alone onto the lonely trails there. Even took a tent and camped overnight a few times in June before the tourist season got busy. But now that is getting too cold for a man of my age and I can only reminisce about my camping overnight experiences. I oftenthink about the walk-in campsites at Beaver Flats on the bank of the Elbow River just above Elbow Falls. Camped there twice, 2007 and 2008.

I don't know why I missed seeing this video Elanorgold.  I went looking for it when you asked about 'no comments'.  It must be a disappointment when you make something and no one has anything to say!

This one I liked - typical prairie scenes and awesome sky shots.  The music seems to fit very nicely too - do you have to get permision to use a person's music in your own slideshow?  

Thanks Kay! Yeah, I do get deflated. Though of cource no one is under obligation, except my husband, who watches every one and tells me how good it is. : D

No not really, I did ask once, because I found the singer's email, so I asked him first, and he was very flattered and heartwarmed by the final product. He even offered me to come meet him next time I'm in the south of England!

The music companies choose between three schemes for a cource of action on people uploading their songs. They can block it worldwide, just in certain countries, or they can place ads in the sidebar and pop up ads in the video itself, and add a link to the place to buy a download of the song online. Most companies choose to take advantage of the extra exposure. I've only had one song blocked worldwide, that was Warner Music Group, and one song blocked in Germany only. I can understrand them wanting to control the image presented of their signed artists. They can also have any video cancelled that they choose. Legal action can incur, and I get a little jolt of "what if" each time I load someone else's property, but so many people are doing it, companies bennefit, and you do get three warnings before they boot you off, that I feel ok about it.

I've recently been thanked by the record label owner of two folk songs I've uploaded. He was impressed that I liked them enough to bother! And concurred about how wonderful this one singer is. And he signed me on as a potential album cover artist!

I've also bee thanked by another folk singer, for highlighting one of his favorites from his album. I told him to keep singing 'cause he's fabulous! That would be Jim Causley.

I've only loaded one clip that I own the full copyright for, one with no music in it. If they ever change the rules, I'll have to write my own music!!

This is really pretty, Elanor. Familiar and comforting too (and sometimes ominous when stormy). I have spent time visiting relatives in the prairies, and the sky is so big...the clouds look suspended, captivating...larger than life.

Is this from "Tubular Bells"? I remember my dad having that album. Ahead of it's time, like Pink Floyd without the lyrics!

It's from Tubular Bells 3 (1998), which is a much more modern album than the first one, or even second one. I was surprised by it's techno influence on some of the tracks, but blown away on the first listen, and filled with imagery. Yeah, I can see the PF comparison!

Yeah, the clouds are very present there, they take over presidence. I wanted to become a meteorologist! I've always liked clouds and storms, but on the prairie there's even more going on up there. I'd often rush outside just to watch the sky, and maybe watched the sky a little too much while driving too!

Thanks I was really pleased with this one. Took all day to put it together, and sang the song for a week afterward.