Author: Marc Weidenbaum

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.

Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate. (A SoundCloud account is helpful but not required.) There’s no pressure to do every project. The Junto is weekly so that you know it’s there, every Thursday through Monday, when your time and interest align.

Tracks are added to the SoundCloud playlist for the duration of the project. Additional (non-SoundCloud) tracks also generally appear in the lllllll.co discussion thread.

Disquiet Junto Project 0659: Reading the Body
The Assignment: Interpret the markings on the back of a cello as a graphic score.

Step 1: Study the natural markings on the back of the cello as depicted in the project’s cover image. Observe how they can seem to resemble music notes on staff paper, albeit in an abstract way. Here’s a larger version of the full photo:

https://disquiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/0659-image-back-scaled.jpeg

Step 2: Think about how the image, or a detail or segment of it, might be read as a score of graphic notation.

Step 3: Record a piece of music applying what you came up with in Step 1 and Step 2 above. Certainly consider using cello or other string sounds, but in the end the choice is yours.

Tasks Upon Completion:

Label: Include “disquiet0659” (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-0659-reading-the-body/

Discuss: Listen to and comment on the other tracks.

Additional Details:

Length: The length is up to you.

Deadline: Monday, August 19, 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 659th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reading the Body — The Assignment: Interpret the markings on the back of a cello as a graphic score — at https://disquiet.com/0659/