Brave Tiger Records

High-Context Sound

Bird Children

Provenance

engineering: Joshua David Thayer at Brave Tiger Studio

mixing: Bradford Swanson at home in Brooklyn, NY

mastering: Mark Alan Miller at Radio Valkyrie

Personnel

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Tenor Guitar, Bass, MIDI Organ, Classical Guitar, Shakers, Tambourine: Joshua David Thayer

Bird Children

Single // 2024 // #BTR-004

The inaugural release of the Brave Tiger catalog. Bird Children represents the first instance of a purely solo work—written, tracked, and performed entirely by the artist.

The Session

The track was born from a moment of forced isolation. Upon the arrival of a new guitar and an impending snowstorm, the song was written and tracked over the course of 48 hours in the basement of the West Medford facility.

Production Notes

While the tracking remained local to Brave Tiger Studio, the production expanded to include a remote mix by Bradford Swanson in Brooklyn and a final master by Mark Alan Miller at Radio Valkyrie (J Mascis, Pernice Brothers).

The accompanying visual was captured and edited in a single day of solo production, adhering to the project’s core directive: Why not?

Evidence

"A humorous ditty about waking up to snow and having to deal with it... the longtime local musician's first-ever song."

— Greenfield Recorder ➔