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Love this! the haunting melody around 4min especially

Love this! <3 the haunting melody around 4min especially :o <3

singing w y'all over here
i love that yr doing tai chi w the rents

singing w y'all over here <3 i love that yr doing tai chi w the rents

Such an interesting recording. Sounds like a fun time!

Such an interesting recording. Sounds like a fun time!

Oh, I quite liked the sustained vocal section later in the piece!  A dark folk vibe to it.  Very cool.

Oh, I quite liked the sustained vocal section later in the piece! A dark folk vibe to it. Very cool.

this is for sure one of the coolest things I've found on here! I also agree with the comment above, at times it's such a dark folk vibe. I can already imagine the instrumentation.

Any inspiration from the folk "world" or are you guys rediscovering it from first principles?

this is for sure one of the coolest things I've found on here! I also agree with the comment above, at times it's such a dark folk vibe. I can already imagine the instrumentation. Any inspiration from the folk "world" or are you guys rediscovering it from first principles? :D

Thanks for listening, y'all! If you are really desperate for some background music, the unabridged excerpts from this circle are up on my bandcamp, linked above. >50 minutes recorded of a ~2 hr session, we try to sing for 2 hours with some breaks.
Thanks @in_bocca, I can't wait to checkout your tracks on here! To answer your question, yes to both. These circles are theoretically* 100% improvisatory in nature, fairly** non-hierarchical, and each month attended by a different assortment*** of people of all walks of life. So it sounds different every time in that the participants each bring a different voice and background, but also similar**** every time since we tend to fall back on familiar, "folk" harmonies and rhythms. We also have a little routine where we start with stretches + noise vocal warmups & a name game, and end with a Pauline Oliveros long tones deep listening exercise.

*if you listen to the unabridged recording, you get to hear when a couple of the participants (some of who may have arrived after the introductions, when we explain that we try to avoid using recognizable words, some who just DGAF) start singing popular/folk songs on top of the circle when they recognize a fragment of melody. I wish they wouldn't but don't really want to police the singing circle It's hard or impossible to come up with something truly original on the spot knowing folks are waiting on you, and if you do something too complicated or "out" they may not be able to sing it anyways. Now that I'm writing this out, I think next time someone starts in with song lyrics that may potentially alienate or be problematic, I will take the first opportunity to challenge them to sing anything BUT the familiar song they recognize in the sounds being produced... dare them to take it in a different direction.

**My friend Mary and I are the hosts/organizers and tend to "lead" the circle (ie, make up parts for people) at least starting out, though we state at the outset that free improvisation is encouraged, and we're SO happy when other participants take turns leading.

***just want to give a shout out to my friends who drove 1.5 hours to come to their first singing circle! They did so great, "Buddy Jim" is an extremely proficient prog musician who jumped in leading towards the end & managed to get us doing some weird shit! And his partner has such a beautiful voice and did some cool solo improv stuff. Very heartwarming! OK I gotta schedule the next circle still... y'all should come out!!!!!!!!!

[quote=emily][/quote] [quote=Tone Matrix][/quote] [quote=jwh][/quote] [quote=Dustsucker][/quote] [quote=rdomain][/quote] [quote=in_bocca_al_lupo][/quote] Thanks for listening, y'all! If you are really desperate for some background music, the unabridged excerpts from this circle are up on my bandcamp, linked above. >50 minutes recorded of a ~2 hr session, we try to sing for 2 hours with some breaks. Thanks @in_bocca, I can't wait to checkout your tracks on here! To answer your question, yes to both. These circles are theoretically* 100% improvisatory in nature, fairly** non-hierarchical, and each month attended by a different assortment*** of people of all walks of life. So it sounds different every time in that the participants each bring a different voice and background, but also similar**** every time since we tend to fall back on familiar, "folk" harmonies and rhythms. We also have a little routine where we start with stretches + noise vocal warmups & a name game, and end with a Pauline Oliveros long tones deep listening exercise. *if you listen to the unabridged recording, you get to hear when a couple of the participants (some of who may have arrived after the introductions, when we explain that we try to avoid using recognizable words, some who just DGAF) start singing popular/folk songs on top of the circle when they recognize a fragment of melody. I wish they wouldn't but don't really want to police the singing circle :) It's hard or impossible to come up with something truly original on the spot knowing folks are waiting on you, and if you do something too complicated or "out" they may not be able to sing it anyways. Now that I'm writing this out, I think next time someone starts in with song lyrics that may potentially alienate or be problematic, I will take the first opportunity to challenge them to sing anything BUT the familiar song they recognize in the sounds being produced... dare them to take it in a different direction. **My friend Mary and I are the hosts/organizers and tend to "lead" the circle (ie, make up parts for people) at least starting out, though we state at the outset that free improvisation is encouraged, and we're SO happy when other participants take turns leading. ***just want to give a shout out to my friends who drove 1.5 hours to come to their first singing circle! They did so great, "Buddy Jim" is an extremely proficient prog musician who jumped in leading towards the end & managed to get us doing some weird shit! And his partner has such a beautiful voice and did some cool solo improv stuff. Very heartwarming! OK I gotta schedule the next circle still... y'all should come out!!!!!!!!!

i'm an entire continent and ocean away (i think) but damn i wish i could join you guys!!

i'm an entire continent and ocean away (i think) but damn i wish i could join you guys!!

Aw! I could try Skype/Zoom-ing you in or what have you at the next one... I think it will be Sunday, June 28 2:00pm PDT. (In Sacramento, CA, US) That would be special! And very different from our noble, failed attempts to singing circle over Zoom at the height of the pandemic. Sent ya a WB DM!

[quote=in_bocca_al_lupo]i'm an entire continent and ocean away (i think) but damn i wish i could join you guys!! [/quote] Aw! I could try Skype/Zoom-ing you in or what have you at the next one... I think it will be Sunday, June 28 2:00pm PDT. (In Sacramento, CA, US) That would be special! And very different from our noble, failed attempts to singing circle over Zoom at the height of the pandemic. Sent ya a WB DM!

May be you will be inspired to start your own singing circle wherever you are!

[quote=in_bocca_al_lupo]i'm an entire continent and ocean away (i think) but damn i wish i could join you guys!! [/quote] May be you will be inspired to start your own singing circle wherever you are!

yo this is wild!

you and your 'rents at tai chi is super cute sounding
UM imma pass on the 56 min version tho but i really love you

that's what I said!

yo this is wild! you and your 'rents at tai chi is super cute sounding UM imma pass on the 56 min version tho but i really love you :D [quote=jwh]i love that yr doing tai chi w the rents[/quote] that's what I said!

:: i just show up singing orange drink songs off-time, off-key and everyone in the singing circle gives fetal a look and fetal's all like "my bad, i won't bring him next time" ::

:: i just show up singing orange drink songs off-time, off-key and everyone in the singing circle gives fetal a look and fetal's all like "my bad, i won't bring him next time" ::

OMG you are always welcome at our singing circles! that would be miraculous

[quote=orangedrink]:: i just show up singing orange drink songs off-time, off-key and everyone in the singing circle gives fetal a look and fetal's all like "my bad, i won't bring him next time" ::[/quote] OMG you are always welcome at our singing circles! that would be miraculous