Each Thursday in the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.com and at disquiet.com/junto, a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have just over four days to upload a track in response to the assignment. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate.
Tracks will be added to this playlist for the duration of the project:
This assignment was made in the afternoon, California time, on Thursday, August 20, 2015, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, August 24, 2015.
These are the instructions that went out to the group’s email list (at tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto):
Disquiet Junto Project 0190: Missed Connections Set two disjointed loops atop each other, and then add sonic glue.
Last week’s project involved using loops to accrue layers. This week’s project involves layering loops. You needn’t have participated in last week’s project to participate in this week’s.
These are the steps:
Step 1: Choose two tracks from last week’s Disquiet Junto project. Be sure to use tracks that include a license that allows for non-commercial reworking. If you’re not sure, either choose a different track, or inquire with the musician. the project is here:
Step 2: From each of those two tracks, select one loop-able segment. Be sure the segments are of different lengths.
Step 3: Create a long string of each of the two loops from Step 2 by repeating them over and over. That is: make one long string of AAAAA… and make one long string of BBBBB…, where A and B are the two loops. (That is: Do not go ABABAB.)
Step 4: Layer the two tracks resulting from Step 3 for a single track of about one to two minutes in length.
Step 5: Add one element of your own to the result of Step 4 that serves to combine the two disparate loops into one composition.
Step 6: Record a document of these layered loops lasting approximately one to two minutes in length (longer is certainly fine).
Step 7: Upload your completed track to the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.
Step 8: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.
Deadline: This assignment was made in the afternoon, California time, on Thursday, August 20, 2015, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, August 24, 2015.
Length: The length of your finished work should be approximately one to two minutes in length (longer is certainly fine).
Upload: Please when posting your track on SoundCloud, only upload one track for this assignment, and be sure to include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated.
Title/Tag: When adding your track to the Disquiet Junto group on Soundcloud.com, please include the term “disquiet0190-missedconnections”in the title of your track, and as a tag for your track.
Download: It is preferable that your track is set as downloadable, and that it allows for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution).
Linking: When posting the track, please be sure to include this information, and link to (and identify) the two SoundCloud pages for the source audio you selected:
More on this 190th Disquiet Junto project (“Set two out-of-sync loops atop each other, and then add sonic glue”) at:
Disquiet Junto Project 0190: Missed Connections
More on the Disquiet Junto at:
https://disquiet.com/junto/
Join the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/
Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
https://disquiet.com/forums/
Image associated with this project by Theilr, and used thanks to a Creative Commons license:
