MANILA, September 25, 2013 – There’s a new group of singers that’s making waves in the music scene these days–and no, they’re not pretty teenage boys who like to tell you you’re beautiful.
They’re actually whales, the ocean’s gentle giants who have been singing to communicate for, well, ever, and whose songs have recently been mixed into 12 music tracks by a man who just wants to save them.
Gil de Palma, cause leader of Stop Dolphin and Whale Slaughtering, started the Whale Call Project in July. The project is a digital advocacy that anybody can be involved in.
De Palma calls the project "a cry for help by one of the earth’s oldest and most intelligent creatures harshly affected by ocean degradation on behalf of all the species, including humans, which depend on the marine ecosystem for survival."
Anyone who wants to support the cause can simply install the Whale Call Project App on their devices, and download songs which have been composed with both human and whale vocals. Each song costs $0.99, and proceeds will go to ocean conservation projects, particularly the first Ocean Conservation App.
"Your dollar goes a long way as it funds the first global marine conservation app that will empower everyone to take action in protecting marine life through marine watch, anti-pollution, public research, and abuse report functions of the app," de Palma said.
Even those who are not particularly passionate about saving the seas can help out, if they like the music enough to download it. As of now, there are six whale songs that can be downloaded, each of them from a different genre of music.
For the Whale Call Project, de Palma partnered with digital company Bazinga, whose assistant vice-president Mei Marasigan-Brantzeg calls the project a feat of "techgenuity."
Marasigan-Brantzeg said that the response to the project since its launch has been very good, with majority of the followers coming from the Philippines, and also Indonesia.
"On a bigger scale, we want to incorporate the power of technology in making the world a better place to live in, the FIlipino way," she said.
The Whale Call Project App is available for free download at the Google Play Store. A version for Apple devices is in the works. Those who want to know more about the project or listen to the songs can visit www.whalecallproject.org, or the Whale Call Project Facebook page.
