Disquiet Junto Project 0655: Soothing Sounds II
Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto,
We have had a bunch of new members in the Junto lately — and welcome to you all. This project, however, is related to two especially new ones, as you’ll see in the instructions below.
And thanks, as always, for your generosity with your time, creativity, and curiosity.
Best from San Francisco,
Marc Weidenbaum
marc@disquiet.com
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Disquiet Junto Project 0655: Soothing Sounds II
The Assignment: Make music for babies.
Step 1: Back in the early 1960s, Raymond Scott released a set of music for infants, titled Soothing Sounds for Baby. We’re going to produce music along those lines. Feel free to revisit Scott’s great collection. (Not one but two Junto participants give birth this month — one did a week-ish ago, and one is due to very soon. We’re doing this project in their honor and with their approval. Perhaps there are other brand new parents in our digital midst, as well. We did a project just like this one way back when we hit the 250th consecutive week, in October 2016.)
Step 2: Compose a piece of music intended for a newborn child, something peaceful as they first experience the world outside the womb.
Tasks Upon Completion:
Label: Include “disquiet0655” (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-0655-soothing-sounds-ii/
Discuss: Listen to and comment on the other tracks.
Additional Details:
Length: The length is up to you. It can take a child awhile to fall asleep.
Deadline: Monday, July 22, 2024, 11:59pm (that is: just before midnight) wherever you are.
About: https://disquiet.com/junto/
Newsletter: https://juntoletter.disquiet.com/
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 655th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Soothing Sounds II — The Assignment: Make music for babies — at https://disquiet.com/0655/
The image associated with this project is from an early patent for a pacifier.