Reina Del Rio Amazonas

CATEGORIES
Art Direction
Music Composition
Videography
Video Editing
Reina Del Rio Amazonas
Revisiting the art of music to use in integration with my other work was something I had been thinking about for years. I finally took the leap to purchase my first synthesizer in 2019, a 1986 AKAI AX-60, and eventually my first drum machine. However, finding my first project to experiment with adding sound took some additional time.
Once I began planning a 2 week trip to Peru that would include several nights in the Amazon rainforest, I felt this was the inspiration that I was looking for. I recorded the sounds of the jungle (as heard at the beginning of the video), I filmed birds flying over the river, trees, flowers; many beautiful and surreal moments that I felt incredibly blessed to experience.
Upon returning home (a mere hours before Peru closed their borders due to COVID-19) I used my newfound quarantine time to finally experiment with sounds and video editing to compose a music video that would encapsulate my experience in the Amazon.