how it works:

We carry with us small devices with very good little speakers on them. We should use them collectively to transform a space for listening that is not rooted to fixed (,often too loud) speakers.

Recommended use:

1. pick a number, 1 to 10 (indecisive? choose the last digit of your phone number, 0=10) 1에서 10까지의 숫자중에서 선택 (전화번호의 마지막 자릿수를 선택해도 되요)

2. tap the corresponding track number's play button 원하는 번호의 트랙을 선택하고 클릭하세요

3. it may be quiet at first; adjust volume on your device as you like 소리가 작으면 볼륨을 조정하세요

4. listen to the music in the room 방에서 음악을 들으세요

thank you for participating in this experimental music! 이 실험적인 음악에 참여해 주셔서 대단히 고맙습니다.

Optional:

All may roam around the space, carrying around their speaker, providing their contribution to the overall ambiance.

If anyone wishes to continue after they reach the end, they can play again from any track they like. Or the piece can end that way.

The tracks are designed to play nicely with any of the other tracks and produce an overall cohesive experience no matter where they are in the tracks.

The more people participate, the more dense the harmonies and rhythms will be. If only a few participate, interesting coincidences will appear. Please experiment at will.

Walking around with ones device playing will provide a more fluid experience: You may hear things differently depending upon your proximity to each of the speakers providing content. The size and acoustics of the space will also provide variations in the experience.

I hope you enjoy this piece and that you come up with different ways to experience it. 

released July 7, 2019

Unlike Crowdsong A, I wanted to create uneven layers of sound winding across the different tracks. Also, I wanted to use all acoustically recorded sounds and no electronic sounds or samples.

The high frequency ploinking sounds (inspired by ASMR) were made by a little bottle of vitamin C drink quickly turned on its side in front of microphones.

The thumpy percussive sounds were made by a cardboard tube from a roll of paper towels with a piece of fabric tape attached to one end and thumped with a chopstick in rhythm.

The tones were me playing a Bb trumpet (with a cup mute) while staring at a tuner. I only had to digitally manipulate the Eb2 because a Bb trumpet is incapable of that pitch (unless by overextending the tuning slide, which I tried, but found it sounded horrible (I suspect at least partly because of the mute, but also probably because of my own technical limitations)).