Nocturne 5: Stingray Creek Waltz
Liner Notes
EDIT: on listening again, I've run this a little too fast and a little too late: #waltz to it instead if it keeps you awake. Changing the title to match!
Stingray Creek, Camden Haven NSW; fishing for leatherjackets (trigger fish, but sweet and non-poisonous, unlike their coral cousins!) at night in the tidal flow with a prawn trap down too. No wind, no sound but the odd tidal gurgle, moonlight sifting down. Big eucalypts around and behind us, and a gentle steady light rain of eucalypt blossom from the silent fruit bats above us, every now and then suspiciously eyeing us and our two lanterns. #piano #nocturne @billwhite51 asked for an album of nocturnes: I think I now have enough! Incidental: yes we have caught skate and stingrays, literally in double figures, in one session further down this creek. A nuisance as we were after flathead and getting hooks out of stingray mouths before release is...tricky...
Music Copyright © 2025 TJ Fatchen All Rights Reserved APRA-AMCOS Piano sample courtesy Garritan Personal Orchestra
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Comments
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Wow Tim, this is just tremendous! And so beautiful! You make that piano sparkle and carry me to a better place! I loved the liner notes too! When I grow up (if) I wanna write and play music even one half as wonderful as this! Cheers mate!
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I feel immediatly relaxed and calm when your piano playing starts! Sooo beautiful and warm!
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Really beautiful, Tim! It's so calming and relaxing. It just makes my mind drift away into a good place.
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Thank you for your lovely description in the liner notes that sets up the piece. The piece on its own is absolutely gorgeous and takes me to a lovely place and it is fun to be able to imagine the place you describe. It sounds beautiful as you have captured it here.
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This is so tender and lovely. What beautifully piano playing. I really enjoyed this.
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I can definitely picture the creek flowing in the moonlight. Used to love going fishing when I was younger for the calm and the solitude, both of which I hear here. Never was one for catching stuff, though...
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This is the oh, so, soothing lullaby I need, to maybe be able to go to sleep. So glad you are here. I want a song about repointing, though I might be too sleepy to go looking for it.... So glad you are here this season...Thank you for everything.