October 31st Blue Moon Broadcast

Thanks to those who participated!<br/><br/>Since we're in a blue moon tonight, we thought it timely to try something different. Since April we've been live streaming our composition process, with all of it's messiness and surprises. Through it we're creating a kind of record of how this period of time has felt to these two musicians, recorded in sound.<br/><br/>Tonight we're bringing in two audio tracks from previous sessions where new rhythm and melodies appeared; intermixing them, and playing live to see what emerges. Instead of just being about writing music, this has turned into a practice that's helped us to focus and get centered. Helpful, in this long vertiginous moment.<br/><br/>Tonight I invite you to experiment with us, and engage differently with this live broadcast. Not as a performance that you are just listening to, but as a process that you're entering into. I've included the transcription of the voice sample we're entangling with the music. Maybe read the transcript below in sync with the voice, and see if you can pick back up on what he's saying when you can hear him again. Or if there are dance-y parts, maybe you'll feel like dancing with it. This is not a controlled experiment, it's an uncontrolled experiment! <br/><br/>Some suggestions: If the music gets agitating, tune it out, and focus on the words. If the music gets enticing, tune into that. Notice what odd or wandering thoughts pop up while you're trying to concentrate in this way. Notice the dance of order and chaos, and how, after some time, we find our way to dancing with both of them. Kind of like the slightly hidden pictures in the image above. Something clicks, then you can see the whole thing at once.Experiment! And then, please do <a href="mailto: connect@aspenchant.com">let us know</a> what it was like to participate.<br/><br/>My loose hypothesis is that rather than just passively absorbing all the sensory input, choosing to focus on one thread in the midst of information or even musical overload and letting the rest pass