Some are probably wondering what Bio-musicology actually is as I have it written on all my cards that I hand out. I thought i'd give you a quick explanation just incase you are one of those people. 

Bio-musicology is a broad term used for someone who studies musical elements within the animal kingdom. Not just vocalisation from their mouths, but sounds made in other various ways, usually very unique to an individual species: much like this Club-winged Manakin Bird in the video below that actually vibrates the wings so fast it produces that amazing sound. This type of sound producing is simular to Crickets, which brings me on to something quite incredible. Jim Wilson claims that his recording of crickets slowed down actually sounds like a choir and well, listening to the recording it really does sound like a choir! How true this is regarding his editing methods I'm not entirely sure but below that recording i've posted my own of a Blackcap which sounds incredibly like Monkies in a rainforest! It resembles more the sounds you actually hear in rainforests and I had to ask myself, why? The reason why the lower pitched song sounds like birds from the rainforest is simple because the birds in places like the Amazon don't have to contend with human environmental sounds, meaning that they can sing at lower pitches without disturbance. It's a known fact that Blackbirds have raised their volume in towns and cities to contend with traffic noise and this resulted also in a raise of pitch. 

Tom Waits (on Jim Wilson): "Wilson, he's always playing with time. I heard a recording recently of crickets slowed way down. It sounds like a choir, it sounds like angel music. Something sparkling, celestial with full harmony and bass parts - you wouldn't believe it. It's like a sweeping chorus of heaven, and it's just slowed down, they didn't manipulate the tape at all. So I think when Wilson slows people down, it gives you a chance to watch them moving through space. And there's something to be said for slowing down the world." Source: "Woyzeck to run at Freud Playhouse". Daily Bruin (USA), by Andrew Lee. December 3, 2002 Find more on the recording on this link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023815586 Tom Waits on Tom waits talking about this recording - http://gloriousnoise.com/2008/tom_waits_interviews_tom_waits More on the recording - http://hearingvoices.com/transcript.php?fID=142 You can buy original recording here - http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Chorus-Crickets-Jim-Wilson/dp/1932192077?tag=viglink124132-20 Original recording from the author - http://www.constancedemby.com/godscricketchorus_f.html And more: http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2013/10/13/weekend-diversion-is-this-an-amazing-chorus-of-slowed-down-crickets/

This is an insight to the melodic tunes of a Blackcap brought down to a level that is more relatable to the Human ear. All birds have different Qualities, this bird favours more melodic tunes than Rhythmic percussion however this recording does point out some interest things like- the distant bird in the background copies the sounds of this Blackcap almost perfectly. Something that would have been missed when listening to it at full speed/pitch.