While responding to the Disquiet Junto



The Disquiet Junto is an online group of musicians who respond to weekly directions, sharing their work on Soundcloud. It had its 100th consecutive project this week and it was my 36th track.

I've said the Disquiet Junto is giving me an education and that is a deliberate choice of words because it's a great model for learning. Each week I explore a new creative constraint, learning through my own practise and then comparing and contrasting my experinces with my peers.

It has been a really good activity for me, both for learning and for practice. There are some months in the year where I feel less productive, you can see the pattern in my blog posts. The Junto encourages me to make music and produce audio at times when I need encouragement.

This weekend I made a really good track from the sound of boiling water. It's the sort of thing I might try but not finish, so settting a deadline is another benefit for me. Duke Ellington is attributed with saying "I don't need time, I need a deadline."

This weekend I also finished compiling and remastering 20 tracks for an album of my favourite Junto pieces. I'll post it in the coming week but for now I've created a playlist of the first drafts and listed below are the blog posts about each Junto, including both the Disquiet.com instruction and the discussion at Bassling.com

In a few places there's additional content, including video and one sketchbook diary. Enjoy!

Heading out - Disquiet Junto Project 0089: V’Ger
http://disquiet.com/2013/09/12/disquiet0089-vger/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2013/09/disquiet-junto-voyager-i.html

Accoster (Featuring Jared Brickman's Every Day We Are Dying and Outer Space Does Not Give One Single Fuck)- Disquiet Junto Project 0065: Piano Overlay
http://disquiet.com/2013/03/28/disquiet0065-pianoverlay/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2013/03/disquiet-junto-tosca-accoster.html

No Nofi (Featuring Lee Rosevere) - Disquiet Junto Project 0066: Communing with Nofi
http://disquiet.com/2013/04/04/disquiet0066-nonofi/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2013/04/disquiet-junto-nofi-thriller.html

Having a Barney - Disquiet Junto Project 0095: Discuss Amongst
http://disquiet.com/2013/10/24/disquiet0095-discussamongst/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2013/07/more-dinosaur-park.html
Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr0be-5c8cI


One totem to another - Disquiet Junto Project 0094: Naturalist Trio
http://disquiet.com/2013/10/17/disquiet0094-naturalisttrio/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2013/10/naturalist-trio-disquiet-junto.html

Solitary - Disquiet Junto Project 0053: Ice for 2013
http://disquiet.com/2013/01/03/disquiet0053-ice2013/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2013/01/ice-cube-remix.html
Comic http://showcasejase.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/melting.html

Sundaze - Disquiet Junto Project 0099: In the Key of X
http://disquiet.com/2013/11/21/disquiet0099-EthenGthenD/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2013/11/disquiet-junto-video-game-music.html

Tanku (Remix of Xesus Valle's Tanku) - Disquiet Junto Project 0028: Netlabel Net
http://disquiet.com/2012/07/12/disquiet0028-netlabel/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2012/07/tanku-remix.html

Red beards - Disquiet Junto Project 0061: Textinstagr/am/bient
http://disquiet.com/2013/02/28/disquiet0061-textinstagrambient/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2013/03/disquiet-junto-instagrambient.html

Borrowed dream - Disquiet Junto Project 0076: Dream Sound Dream
http://disquiet.com/2013/06/13/disquiet0076-dreamsound/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2013/06/borrowed-dream.html

100ºC - Disquiet Junto Project 0100: Vapor Wave
http://disquiet.com/2013/11/28/disquiet0100-vaporwave/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2013/11/disquiet-junto-100-vapor-wave.html

Gudyiwagagi - Disquiet Junto Project 0085: 3 Parts
http://disquiet.com/2013/08/15/disquiet0085-3parts/
http://bassling.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/disquiet-junto-3-parts.html

July August September October November - Disquiet Junto Project 0050: -…….–.-..-…-
http://disquiet.com/2012/12/13/disquiet0050-morsebeat/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2012/12/july-august-september-october-november.html

Enter at own wrist - Disquiet Junto Project 0056: Matter of Time
http://disquiet.com/2013/01/24/disquiet0056-matteroftime/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2013/01/disquiet-junto-wristwatch-dubstep-remix.html

I had a sense - Disquiet Junto Project 0098: Woven Audiobiography
http://disquiet.com/2013/11/14/disquiet0098-wovenaudiobio/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2013/11/disquiet-junto-woven-audiobiography.html

Ballot to the head - Disquiet Junto Project 0088: 3D
http://disquiet.com/2013/09/05/disquiet0088-3d/
http://bassling.blogspot.com/2013/09/disquiet-junto-3d.html
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