Each Thursday in the Disquiet Junto music community, a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have five days to record and upload a track in response to the project instructions.
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Disquiet Junto Project 0660: Louis Blues St.
The Assignment: Break a public domain song into parts and reorganize them.
Step 1: Download either the original or the “denoised” version of this 1922 recording of the classic “St. Louis Blues.”
Step 2: Listen through the song, and familiarize yourself with its tempo and structure.
Step 3: Break the track into segments. While you may be inclined toward tiny granular slivers, consider emphasizing bars or phrases. Experiment with segments of equal length and of varying lengths.
Step 4: Take the segments resulting from Step 3 and make a new track out of them.
Background: More on the source track here:
https://archive.org/details/78_st-louis-blues_ted-lewis-and-his-band-handy_gbia0268157b
Tasks Upon Completion:
Label: Include “disquiet0660” (no spaces/quotes) in the name of your track.
Upload: Post your track to a public account (SoundCloud preferred but by no means required). It’s best to focus on one track, but if you post more than one, clarify which is the “main” rendition.
Share: Post your track and a description/explanation at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0660-louis-blues-st/
Discuss: Listen to and comment on the other tracks.
Additional Details:
Length: The length is up to you.
Deadline: Monday, August 26, 2024, 11:59pm (that is: just before midnight) wherever you are.
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License: It’s preferred (but not required) to set your track as downloadable and allowing for attributed remixing (i.e., an attribution Creative Commons license).
Please Include When Posting Your Track:
More on the 660th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Louis Blues St. — The Assignment: Break a public domain song into parts and reorganize them — at https://disquiet.com/0660/
Background: More on the source track here:
https://archive.org/details/78_st-louis-blues_ted-lewis-and-his-band-handy_gbia0268157b