NEVILLE RECORDING 760 Walkers Hook Rd Salt Spring Island BC V8K 1N5 ph 250 537 4121 email songbird@saltspring.com web site www.nevillerecording.com John Neville Biography John has had a lifelong interest in birds which began in the Midlands of England. Serious Feild Recording of birds began in 1993 after studying with the MacAuley Library of Natural Sounds, Cornell University. John has since been a regular supplier of nature recordings to the Library of Natural Sounds. As Neville Recording, John has produced fourteen regional sound guides to bird identification. He is currently working on “Bird Songs of Atlantic Canada”. He regularly presents at Birding Festivals such as Brant Festival, Wings over the Rockies and the Meadowlark Festival. He has published articles in journals for the Ontario Federation of Naturalists (Seasons), BC Field Ornithologists (BC Birds), Wildlife Sound Recording Society (Wildlife Sound), and BC Nature(BC Nature)of which he is the Vice-president. His productions have been favourably reviewed by The American Birding Association (Birding), Beautiful BC Magazine, BC Birds and Wildlife Sound. He has made presentations on the CBC Radio with Peter Gwzowski, Vicki Gabereau, Sheryl Mackay and on PBS “The World”. You can listen to these interviews with John on his web site www.nevillerecording.com. Recently John's nature recordings have been used by the Canadian Wildlife Service for Training DVD, CBC Television , The Nature of Things and Parks Canada Interpretive Programs. In 2009, John's recordings were nominated three times in Nashville and his production “Birds Songs of the Scottish Highlands and Islands” received the Grindie Award for Best Educational Album. John records in the wild with great sensitivity and field craft awareness. His major aim is that the production of his art of nature recording will make people more aware of the feathered creatures and their need for a preserved habitat. John works with a sound engineer to produce each CD to ensure that the best sound quality is obtained for the listener.