morning in the park, by Conor Nickerson

morning in the park

by Conor Nickerson

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1.	morning in the park 00:14	buy track
2.	a sudden sun rescinds 02:35	buy track
3.	waking dreams i had in winter 06:07	buy track
4.	while on a summer wind 06:55	buy track
5.	the warbling of vireo 01:01	buy track
6.	and poplar seeds like snow 02:14	buy track
7.	weightless and ethereal 01:26	buy track
8.	float with me as i go 03:24	buy track
9.	past the pine grove in the pasture 04:03	buy track
10.	where in a city glade 02:41	buy track
11.	of bending stems and lion's teeth 02:14	buy track
12.	sheep’s heads bob and graze 00:35	buy track
13.	and here below the swaying elm 03:13	buy track
14.	my doldrums i will sow 01:59	buy track
15.	so that perhaps ‘fore winter’s frost 00:35	buy track
16.	a sweeter fruit may grow 00:59	buy track
17.	and in the shade i’ll lie a while 01:12	buy track
18.	and watch the clouds pass over 01:30	buy track
19.	my fingers between the blades of grass 00:58	buy track
20.	my thoughts amid the clovers 01:10	buy track

about

Biking to the center of Montreal's 200 acre Maisonneuve Park, I found a quiet spot in the grass and sat down with my guitar and old H1 Zoom microphone. It was a morning in late May, and I was in the midst of trying to finish several projects. Feeling stuck and at a loss of inspiration, I decided to come to the park in an effort to clear my head. I took my guitar out from its case, set my microphone in front of me, and began recording improvised ideas.

I spent the next few mornings there, recording between the sounds of distant sirens and planes flying overhead. Back at my apartment, I improvised some additional woodwind arrangements with the help of a cheap flute and an old leaky Bundy clarinet, and using samples made from these two instruments, I also made flute and clarinet synths which were used on several tracks.

Unsure of what to name the tracks, which were originally labelled "Maisonneuve 1-20", I decided to write a 20-line poem à la Robert Frost which would serve as the album's track titles.

The result of this experiment is morning in the park, recorded between Maisonneuve Park and my apartment.

I hope you enjoy, and thanks for listening. ☀

-Conor

credits

released March 20, 2023

music and poem by conor nickerson

mixed by: conor nickerson and antoine gallois
mastered by: antoine gallois
album cover by: conor nickerson
special thanks to varun "v" swarup for lending me his extra amazon flute to record on

guitar recorded in maisonneuve park, montreal, on:
may 29, 2022
june 5, 2022
june 6, 2022
june 7, 2022

flute and clarinet recorded in my apartment
June 2022 to February 2023

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I’m Greenplant. I was planted and eventually potted in the early days of the 2010s. One day I said goodbye to my caretakers at the market and found a new home
in a Montreal apartment with two new caretakers, Antoine and Conor. With their help, and with a lot of water, I'm doing what I've wanted to do since I was a seed: make music. ... more

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