Recording is an instrumental version of Das Lied der Deutschen by Haydn, performed by the US Navy Band. Lyrics are of Stand, Columbia, the alma mater of Columbia University.
Several foleys of a metal music stand being manipulated: dragging it on a wooden floor, making it creak, opening and closing its legs. Mic: schoeps c-mit 5.
Two rainbow lorikeet parrots stand-off over black sunflower seeds, each with an interesting soft chirp before one flies over and shoos the other. Neutral bay, sydney, new south wales, australia, 19/04/2017, 14:59.
Slightly resonant clanging and pinging of me hitting the metal stairs of a reviewing stand used in a local parade. The mic is held very close to the surface, so there is very little environmental noise.
For a request in the forums: "the sound you hear when you're standing late at night on top of a big hydroelectric dam"soo. . I've never been to the hoover dam or somesuch, so here's an impression with manipulated aquarium pumps and brown noise.