Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto,

First, thanks to Robert Precht for proposing this past week’s project. It was great to hear what people made of and with polychords. This week’s project instructions appear below.

We are somehow just nine weeks from the 750th consecutive weekly Disquiet Junto project, which is sort of amazing. Thanks to everyone for your participation — whether as an occasional member, a regular one, a listener, or someone who follows along for each week’s prompt.

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 0741: Balance Beam
The Assignment: Write music for bell and drone.

Step 1: There is a church near where I live that is next to a telephone pole that makes a loud buzz on the street. The church has bells that ring several times a day. This parallel, this contrast, seems quite interesting: bell and drone, sacred and mundane, acoustic and electric, intention and byproduct, ancient and modern. The bells are more than loud enough to erase the drone when they’re playing. But … what if they weren’t?

Step 2: Record a piece of music for bell and drone informed by the scenario described in Step 1.

Tasks Upon Completion:

Label: Include “disquiet0741” (no spaces/quotes) in the name of your track.

Upload: A person participating in the Disquiet Junto should post only one track per weekly project (SoundCloud account preferred but not required). If on occasion you feel inspired to post more than one track (whether to a single account or across multiple accounts), you should clarify which is the “main” rendition for consideration by fellow members and (if on SoundCloud) for inclusion in the SoundCloud playlist.

Share: Post your track and a description/explanation at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0741-balance-beam/

Discuss: Listen to and comment on the other tracks.

Additional Details:

Length: The length is up to you. How long is the service?

Deadline: Monday, March 16, 2026, 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 741st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Balance Beam — The Assignment: Write music for bell and drone — at https://disquiet.com/0741/