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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...

Disquiet Junto Project 0654: Just Notation

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, This is the second of three projects we’re doing this year with Musikfestival Bern, thanks to the warm invitation and...

Disquiet Junto Project 0653: Break a Rule

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, First, I have a question — really, a favor to ask. If you’re fluent in a language other than English, and there’s a term...

Disquiet Junto Project 0652: By the Tale

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, Thanks, everyone who participated in and discussed last week’s project, the first of our three this year with...

Disquiet Junto Project 0651: Why Compute?

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, It’s hard for me to describe just how important the album News for Lulu was to me in 1988, the year I graduated from...

Disquiet Junto Project 0650: Doppler, Interrupted

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, For those of you for whom summer is beginning, I hope yours is getting off to a good start. We’ve had some newcomers in...

Disquiet Junto Project 0649: Concerto for [ ]

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, No big news this week — just a quick thanks for, as always, your generosity with your time, creativity, and curiosity....

Disquiet Junto Project 0648 (Date Correction)

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, The due date for the current project, 0648 (Shadow Boxing), is June 3, this coming Monday. It’s not Thursday, June 6, as...

Disquiet Junto Project 0648: Shadow Boxing

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, Not much to report this week. Just settling into summer as the school year comes to an end. We’ve had a bunch of new...

Disquiet Junto Project 0647: Day Drone

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, Greetings from oddly sunny and hot San Francisco. This coming Saturday, May 25, is Drone Day (more at droneday.org), and...

Disquiet Junto Project 0646: Empty Orchestra

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, This week’s project tangentially connects with karaoke. More details below. Thanks, as always, for your generosity with...

Disquiet Junto Project 0645: Speed Trap

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, First of all, my plans are still in flux about a potential summer trip to Scotland. As it comes together, I’ll let you...

Disquiet Junto Project 0644: Event Horizon

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, This week’s project instructions appear below. I have an excellent backlog of proposed projects from numerous...

Disquiet Junto Project 0643: Stone Out of Focus

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, I’ve begun to hear from folks who might be able to participate in a Disquiet Junto event in Scotland should we schedule...

Disquiet Junto Project 0642: Kick from Champagne

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, It was 63º Fahrenheit this afternoon, somehow, when I took an end-of-the-(work)day walk to the ocean and back. The past...

Disquiet Junto Project 0641: Re-re-re-re-revise

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, I've been in New York this week, visiting my mother, who just turned 85. It's been a mostly family-oriented time, though...

Disquiet Junto Project 0640: Time Vault

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, Please note: the rules for sharing your track this week will be unique to this project, so read the instructions...

Disquiet Junto Project 0639: Path Ways (4 of 3)

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, This recent three-week sequence of projects was intended to come to a close on Monday, when the trios were completed....

Disquiet Junto (in advance of 0639)

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, One nice thing about having moved to Buttondown for these Disquiet Junto project emails (from TinyLetter, which was shut...

Disquiet Junto Project 0638: Center (3 of 3)

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, This week's project will conclude the three-phase trios project, which is one of the best things we do each year in the...

Disquiet Junto Project 0637: Right (2 of 3)

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, This three-part sequence of projects, in which musicians around the world collaborate to make trios, is one of my...

Disquiet Junto Project 0636: Left (1 of 3)

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, This week initiates the annual three-part Disquiet Junto project in which we build asynchronous trios over the course of...

Disquiet Junto Project 0635: ’Round the Bend

February 28, 2024

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, Normally this project post would have gone live at 12:10am Pacific, but for some reason WordPress posted it to...

Disquiet Junto Project 0634: Bust a Move

February 22, 2024

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, There isn't much to report this week. Rain persists. Writing persists. Guitar practice persists. We're somehow more than...

Disquiet Junto Project 0633: Voice Swap

February 15, 2024

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, I hope this note finds you well. This week’s project instructions are considerably more concise than has been the case in...

Disquiet Junto Project 0632: Shear Wind

February 8, 2024

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, As you should by now know, the email newsletter for Disquiet Junto project announcements has migrated from one service...

Test Disquiet Junto Email

February 5, 2024

Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto, This is a test email. I’m sending it from Buttondown, the service I’m likely moving the Disquiet Junto email list to. The...