Jewel Dirks

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Jewel Dirks uploaded the video Wintering Well Part 3: Shoveling, Shoveling, I Suddenly Remember Green

May 02, 2026 17:52

Jewel Dirks uploaded the video Wintering Well Part 2: 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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Wintering Well Part 3: Shoveling, Shoveling, I Suddenly Remember Green

Jewel Dirks

May 02, 2026 06:00

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This last in the set of three of the Wintering Well reveals my desparate attempt to keep the paths to water and shelter open for my animals during this two month period of recurring snow storms. The constant wind would...

Wintering Well Part 2: The Back Door at 40 Below

Jewel Dirks

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

Jewel Dirks

April 06, 2026 06:00

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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...

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About

Last Activity:: May 07, 2026 16:34
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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Wintering Well Part 3: Shoveling, Shoveling, I Suddenly Remember Green

Wintering Well Part 2: The Back Door at 40 Below

Wintering Well Part 1: Winter Starts When The Ice Sings

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