Jewel Dirks

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Jewel Dirks uploaded the video The Back Door at 40 Below

April 11, 2026 21:29

Jewel Dirks uploaded the video Wintering Well Part 1: Winter Starts When The Ice Sings

April 06, 2026 19:06

Jewel Dirks posted the song Bill's Complete Performance of Living With My Donkeys (Unedited)

March 14, 2026 22:33

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Jewel Dirks posted the song Donkeys Protect Their Goat Friends

March 13, 2026 21:11

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Jewel Dirks posted the song Donkeys Are Slowly Eating Their Barn

March 13, 2026 21:09

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Jewel Dirks posted the song They Stand Guard Over Their Friend Nook As He Waits To Die

March 13, 2026 21:07

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Jewel Dirks posted the song The Cat Naps on the Donkey's Back

March 13, 2026 21:04

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Jewel Dirks posted the song Mother and Son, They Share The Same Dream

March 13, 2026 21:02

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The Back Door at 40 Below

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April 11, 2026 06:00

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My sister kept writing me to warn that a "Bomb Cyclone" was forecast for my area in a couple days, and the temperature was predicted between 30 and 40 below zero. I couldn't imagine that was the truth, and pretty much...

Wintering Well Part 1: Winter Starts When The Ice Sings

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April 06, 2026 00:00

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Trying to record the wonderful vibrations of water against early fall ice has been elusive. I finally resorted to recording the tiny "zip" of sound my boot created by cracking a thinly iced-over puddle. I then took that...

Lydia Van Dreel: Clip of Living With My Donkeys

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About

Last Activity:: April 16, 2026 17:15
Member Since:: September 29, 2020 01:16
Websites:: https://www.youtube.com/steinwaygoat
About Me:: Experimental electronic music composer and sound designer. Most of my music is designed from sounds that I'm surrounded by: coyote calls, irrigation pipes, ice cracking and the like.

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Favorite Bands / Musicians :: Mike Kirby, Glenn Gould, Brian Eno, Barbara Hannigan, Laurie Anderson, Dave Porter, Sarah Willis, and Berlin Philharmonic
Instruments I can play:: keyboards, recorders & ocarina, French horn, and piano
Favorite instrument brands:: Steinway, Korg, Physis K4, Roli Seaboard Rise 49, Steinberg Cubase, and iZotope Iris2
Favorite Songs:: The music of, Bach, Harry Partch, John Cage, George Crumb, Takemitzu, Morton Feldman, Varese, Webern, Unsuk Chin, and Dolly Parton OF COURSE!
I wish I owned:: Steinway grand
I like to watch:: my donkeys rolling in the dust, fish rising on my favorite mountain lake, the barley crop changing color during the summer, and the barley crop changing color during the summer
Hobbies:: Goat packing, fly fishing, and mountain climbing

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The Back Door at 40 Below

Wintering Well Part 1: Winter Starts When The Ice Sings

Lydia Van Dreel: Clip of Living With My Donkeys

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