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Our Hearts Opening 6:330:00/6:33
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Souls 12:390:00/12:39
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Winter Warming 5:230:00/5:23
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Entering 11:160:00/11:16
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Into 8:100:00/8:10
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Rising Steam 3:060:00/3:06
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Sail On Into 3:250:00/3:25
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The Sun Sings 5:100:00/5:10
1001 WAYS TO MAKE MUSIC MAGIC
CREATING A STRONG COMMUNITY THROUGH CREATIVE EXPRESSION
what is a “soundseed”?
This is a work-in-progress, a brainstorm to envision all the ways in which one might use music.
PARTICIPATORY GATHERINGS (FACILITATED OR NOT)
SING-ALONG / GROUP VOCALIZING
MUSICIANS LEADING SONGS WITH AUDIENCE
Pete Seeger
Beautiful Chorus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzL5JRC7N8Q
Kirtan / Mantra
MUSICIANS LEADING IMPROV SINGING WITH AUDIENCE
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Wild Roots (Amit Carmeli) http://www.amitcarmeli.com/videos-2/
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Bobby McFerrin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWriGiWw6i4
Arena-size: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81uJZIF9TCs
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Doug Koyama
https://youtu.be/Wl9E7l5ydmU?t=3m57s
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Yagum Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4xXu-Be-O8
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Tayaka Circle Opera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMsOX4Qn7eA
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With looping
SONG SHARE GATHERING - anyone can lead / teach a song
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Rise Up Singing / folk tradition
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Large regional gatherings
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Singing Alive
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Village Fire
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Song Village
ACOUSTIC SPACE CHOIR - singing in resonant spaces - Tunnels / Stairwells / Large Pipes / Parking Garages / Caves / Empty Rooms / Silos
ELECTRIC SPACE CHOIR – using electronics and headphones for a group sound exploration
GROUP LOOP - pass the mic with a looper
CIRCLESONG IMPROVISATION (structured group improv / toning / exploration)
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With cipher - freestyle rap over circlesong
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In performance: Singing Tribe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFHAf1vR9cE
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Combined with movement improv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZUOvPQH9eU
SOUND POD – sharing sounds and chants for an improvised, co-created healing journey (with bowls, etc.)
Peggy Black: http://soundpod.org/SoundPod/index.htm
SOUND BATH / SOUND HEALING - focusing sound on one or more people and / or animals / natural element / object
SINGING THE REVOLUTION
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Estonia (The Singing Revolution)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFHAf1vR9cE
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South Africa (Amandla! movie)
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Civil Rights Movement 1960’s
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Occupy Movement
MUSIC / SOUND GATHERINGS
LEADING STRUCTURED MUSICAL IMPROVISATION
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Music Rhythm Movement
Mary Knysh (http://www.rhythmicconnections.com/)
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Music for People
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Conductor leading group of musicians in performance
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Everyone Orchestra www.everyoneorchestra.com
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John Zorn - Cobra - Game Pieces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdNdSJUf_8I
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Yamatsuka Eye - Drum Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXCCJIwLf2w
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The Singing Tribe with Joey Blake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFHAf1vR9cE
PUBLIC JAM SPACE - at festivals and other events
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The Hearth Tent - musicians hosting jam open jam space (http://www.humboldtmusic.com/listings/The_Hearth_Tent.htm)
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Hand out instruments as people arrive - everyone moving through space
DRUM CIRCLE
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Open / free-form
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With director
Drum Class
KITCHEN BAND (senior centers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do7OjOxx770
REVENANT SOUND - participatory found sound collaborations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDYzVNSwPic
MULTI-EVENT HAPPENING, DROP IN / DROP OUT
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John Cage at Stanford
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Art in Nature Festival - http://www.samavesha.org/productions/art-in-nature-festival
GATHER RANT - cathartic expression supported by others with music / sound
IN THE STREETS / PARKS
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RHYTHM RIOT - rhythm jam in outdoor setting
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Solo or group “performance” - playing on fences, cement, signs, etc.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0qs4_bY4vg
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Stomp
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Music for one apartment & Six Drummers
http://www.sixdrummers.com/about/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VGEwhBDOVU
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Participatory – distribute buckets, shakers, sticks, etc.
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INFILTRATION / BELLY OF THE BEAST - in a financial district, legislative district, or other “suit” venue
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Music Jam – gather people (in business attire) to “pose” as businesspeople having a drum jam, singalong, or ?, invite “real” businesspeople to join in
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ORGANIC ORCHESTRA - “playing nature” - using all found materials
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Vegetable Orchestra of Vienna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpfYt7vRHuY
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CIRCLESONG GROUP - invite others to join
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FLASHMOB
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IMPROV EVERYWHERE – Choreographed action
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INTERSECTION JAM - run out during “all pedestrian” crossing for brief action
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SILENT DISCO
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BUSKING
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PARADE / PROCESSION
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The Soft Parade - ambient instruments (wind chimes, didj, bowls, flute, voice) with costumed characters (fairies, stilters, greenman, etc), mini-sound healings, sound baths, carrying art on signs. Hand out instruments / costumes
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HONK!
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CARNAVAL
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MARDI GRAS
SITE-SPECIFIC
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Healing rituals for ecologically-damaged site
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Healing rituals at site of injustice
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Encouraging awareness / senses at any site
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Imaginative Landscape - guiding audience through area
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Industrial decay
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Survival Research Laboratories - Warehouse
PERFORMANCE SOLO / GROUP
PERFORMANCE VENUES:
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House Concert (rotating houses?)
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Putnam Smith flyer -http://www.putnamsmith.com/house-concert.html
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Sleepover concert tour - stay in different houses for a few days - week - help out, music lessons, singing circles, concert, song share
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Gideon Irving
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I’ll come to your house / event / group
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Open Mic
TOURING
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BASED ON THEME - AT SPECIFIC SITES
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Nuclear reactors, old-growth forests, historic sites, sites of certain activity
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WALKING / BIKING TOUR
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The Pleasant Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsHiA4MvIy4
ROAD SHOW TROUPE / CARAVAN
JOYOUS REVOLUTION
MERRY PRANKSTERS
ECSTATIC DANCE TOUR
COMMUNITY CHOIR PERFORMANCE
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Structured Songs
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Choir!Choir!Choir! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RohCZhoQz68
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Improvised Creation
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The Singing Tribe with Joey Blake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFHAf1vR9cE
MUSIC FOR DANCE / MOVEMENT CLASSES OR PERFORMANCES
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School / University classes
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Community classes
SINGING TELEGRAMS
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Birthday / Birth / wedding / Secret admirer / Just because
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In Person or recording sent online by request
DOOR TO DOOR / CAROLING
MUSIC FOR DANCE JAMS
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ADM (ACOUSTIC DANCE MUSIC) RAVE (adm vs edm - signifying transition to sustainability)
MUSIC FOR SLEEP / DREAM JAM
PLAYGROUND TOUR
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Playing at local playgrounds for / with kids - bring instruments. Music with stories if attention is focused.
ONE MAN SHOW
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Combining music / story / visuals / poetry / dance
SPOKEN WORD WITH MUSIC
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pairing musicians with poets / storytellers
solo w/ looping or live
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poetry slams / readings / Krump slam
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Real Play – group process using stories, movement, music
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Storytelling with music backing / interludes
CABARET (PERFORMANCES BASED ON THEME)
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Anyone can create a piece based on theme (music, theatre, spoken, movement)
SOUP’S ON!
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Structures for group improv performances - put your name in one or more hats (musician / mover / worder) or contribute themes, length of each piece also in hat. Each piece names are selected out of each hat, as well as (possibly) theme and length.
MOVEMENT / SOUND THEATRE
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Shadow Dance (backlit behind screen) with music accompaniment
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Shadow Puppets
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Dance / Visual / Film Pieces with Music
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Movie with live “orchestra”
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Performance w triggered video
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Outdoor Walk-Through Performance – Site-Specific
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Art in Nature Festival - http://www.samavesha.org/productions/art-in-nature-festival/
PUBLIC HEALING RITUALS
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Planetary Dance
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Site-specific - at an ecologically-damaged area, or at the site of an injustice
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Spiral Dance – Starhawk / Reclaiming
MUSIC FOR HEALING ARTS CLASSES / EVENTS
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YOGA
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QI GONG / TAI CHI
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HEALING ARTS CLINICS
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GUIDED MEDITATION
HOSPICE
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END OF LIFE CHOIR - “On the Breath of Song: Guidance and Stories for the Practice of Bedside Singing for the Dying” - Kathy Leo
PERSONAL HEALING THROUGH SOUND
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Continuum
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Cymatics
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Toning / Sounding
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Mantras / Chants
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Gather Rant - cathartic group process where each person is given vocal support
KIDS
INSTANT CHOIR / THE PLAYGROUND
ASSEMBLIES
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Lead circlesong
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGYqi2NeIIQ
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Performance
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Do You Speak Djembe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uB9xzYL1DU
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Percussion Discussion (http://percussiondiscussion.com)
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Music for one apartment & Six Drummers / Sound of Noise
http://www.sixdrummers.com/about/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VGEwhBDOVU
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performance with music (shadow puppet, drama, improv games)
PLAYGROUND TOUR
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Playing at local playgrounds for / with kids - bring instruments. Music with stories if attention is focused.
MUSIC FOR BABY / KID DANCE JAM
ORGANIC ORCHESTRA - “playing nature” - using all found materials
ANIMAL COLLABORATION
Sounding with or for animals / nature
Nature recordings:
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Freesound.org / xenocanto.org /
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Ascension cricket slow-down recording
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Change speed of recording