HSS Episode 056-Musicians and Depression

<div style="-en-clipboard: true;"><span style= "font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">ANNOUNCEMENTS</span></div> <ul> <li> <div>Live Mix of Mark George's song "Ghost Dance" as well as Marcel Walden's Mix break down of "Out of the Blue"</div> </li> <li> <div><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/c/Homestudiosimplified/join">YouTube Membership!!!</a></div> </li> <li> <div>Sign up for Membership of $9.99 a month and receive every tutorial I have made and any I will make in the future so long as you are still a member!</div> </li> </ul> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">EAR TO THE GROUND</span></div> <div> </div> <div>Whether for work, school or doctor's appointments, almost everyone has used Zoom. But for musicians who want to play together online during the pandemic, the popular conference call platform doesn't cut it. Musicians and scientists on opposite coasts have been trying to find solutions. Fortunately,  Audio Movers and Jack Trip software.</div> <div> </div> <div><span style="-en-paragraph: true;">The Internet is widely used for audio communications. Numerous collaboration applications exist that make it trivial to carry on a conversation with almost anyone, worldwide. Likely, you already use these applications regularly. What is thought of as traditional phone lines have even largely migrated towards running over the Internet. So, why is performing music any different?</span></div> <div><span style="-en-paragraph: true;">The answer lies in the problem of trying to keep a common rhythm going between remote musicians. Maintaining a shared beat or sense of pulse is difficult if it takes too long for one musician's sound to reach another's ears. There can be drastic consequences. The "Happy Birthday" effect is familiar from family video conferences. The length of time for sound to get between individuals makes it impossible for the group to sing together. Singers find themselves in a situation of "I'm waiting for you and you're waiting for me" and that's the prob