How a seven-year-old’s viral hit about birds became the ultimate school bell
Steven Siewert“I was at Raymond Island, and I was feeding the birds seed on the veranda, and birds just came along. There were pigeons, there were rosellas, there were lorikeets. But the one bird that stood out to me was the eastern rosella,” Miles says.“As I was feeding the birds seed, I came up with a catchy chorus, and Dad and I started workshopping on it, and we made it into a song.”AdvertisementJoel originally uploaded Miles’ track on Spotify for family and friends to listen to.
- ▪Steven Siewert“I was at Raymond Island, and I was feeding the birds seed on the veranda, and birds just came along.
- ▪There were pigeons, there were rosellas, there were lorikeets.
- ▪But the one bird that stood out to me was the eastern rosella,” Miles says.“As I was feeding the birds seed, I came up with a catchy chorus, and Dad and I started workshopping on it, and we made it into a song.”AdvertisementJoel originally
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