The Eastern Phoebe is a plump little bird found in pastures and around farmland. They have a distinct “Fee-bee” call, so you know it’s a Phoebe!

I was inspired to make this track while I was vacationing out by some farmland. I found a nice recording on the Merlin Bird ID app, and reached out to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to clear the sample ~

I wanted Eastern Phoebe to be a return to form for Bird Boy, as it was the first new beat I had made in 2022. I went back into the Eurasian Widgeon project file and got the Rhodes keyboard sound I used for the chords and the “glass piano” heard playing arpeggios.

This was also the first track I completely arranged without a computer on the MPC, which was very exciting. I did end up taking the project into Ableton Live to mix and master, tho ~ the best of both worlds.

Sound Recordist ~ Wil Hershberger
Sound Recordist ~ William W. H. Gunn
Illustrator ~ Aubrey Positer