Illusion of Order
By miraclemiles on May 1, 2022 10:23 pm
Another one for the Disquiet Junto project. Like last week, this week's prompt felt inspiring so I went with it:
Disquiet 0539 The Assignment: Let your slow breathing guide a piece of music - more details here: https://disquiet.com/0539/
It’s fascinating that music, like breathing, can help us into transformed states. So I loved the idea of trying to create a piece of music that begins with, and evolves from calmly breathing. I expected to make something very mellow, some low pulsing and droney pads that compliments the breath, but once I started creating, I came up with something a little different. Added a little more energy, inspired by breathing, and observing the backyard.
I sat in the backyard, half reclined in a chair, with the Zoom recorder on my chest, breathing. As thoughts came into my head, instead of waiting for them go away and going back to breath, I vocalized the thoughts. I noticed how some birds are living in a thorny rose bush (pictured), finding safety from predators (like my cats unfortunately) in a dangerous place. I noticed a new fence in the neighbors yard to separate a wild overgrown garden from a manicured lawn. Noticed plants growing tall, spreading seeds in the spring, and I wanted to let them all grow, to stop cutting it all back. With our gardens, and with life we build some fences, but the order may be just an illusion, it’s still chaos underneath, and there’s a kind of peace knowing that.
Finished song in Ableton by listening to the breathing, adding things that came to mind, lots of Hybrid Reverb. Then did my first every recording with the circuit monostation through a talkbox pedal, which became the lead part in this. That too was an exercise in breathing, and kind of messy. Looking forward to playing with that more.
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And Wow, I hadn't thought of that, but yes, the song kind of has that illusion of order, great observation. I knew there had to be reason I liked that title. I think anytime there's order, maybe it's really an illusion? Thanks for listening!