This project didn't exactly take the direction I thought it would, but I think I am happy with the result anyway.  I love the sarabande from the 2nd Bach Cello Suite.  So I wanted to record that, but with the new computer setup, I didn't have my settings in Ableton right so I got this kind of mess with echo.  I worked with it, and used an all too familiar chord pattern (Cold Song from Purcell's King Arthur) with some hiss and drone effects and here we are.  This spring holds lots of promise, but I am still pensive and apprehensive.  This also with the time capsule theme this weeks allows me to mark a start to my disquiet junto uploads and see how much I progress in 5 years.

disquiet0481 Reflection On Spring 2021 In 2026

The march of time never quite ceases.  This remix and modern take on Vivaldi's Spring Violin Concerto (Op. 8 No.1), second movement, hope and renewal, murmuring springs with a modern edge.  Still sleepy melody soars over all.  As the shepherd naps, the beat momentarily disrupts, but the shepherd soon awakens, and like spring moves on.

Modern Spring 2nd Mvt

Bach's six suites for cello solo are fairly famous, but what happens when you skip around in the performance.  This track features two second excerpts arranged in Haiku 5-7-5 syllable format from the 1st Suite in G Major, the 2nd Suite in D minor and the 5th Suite in C minor.  With the Haiku 5-7-5 format, I did have to leave some movements out.    Overall a fun exercise in recording and editing quickly.  

All excerpts were played on viola by my own self!  Submitted for disquiet0482 Exactly that Gap.

Bratsche Bach the Gap- disquiet0482

This week's disquiet was to record yourself typing and then use it as a beat.  Well I went full on ambient with it, as I recorded myself typing out my new podcast episode on my MacBook Air.  I used my iphone 12 and my Rode Reporter app to record myself typing.  This was also done on my couch last night so my phone was on the arm rest about 10 inches from the keyboard on my laptop.

Disquiet0483 Type Setting the Podcast

Using A Movable Heart for this week's disquiet project, I decided to play it through the bluetooth Jam speaker you see before you while I was prepping my lunch in the kitchen.  The whole point of is so that these wind chimes could journey all over the world.  Windchimes are always in the background of our lives so I thought it appropriate play the track and record it while I was making lunch. Remnants of said lunch are in the picture.  The windchime track really freaked out Lorraine, so I'm glad I got this to work in basically one take.

From Disquiet....
Artist Chris Kallmyer’s “Two hearts are better than one” is a pair of wind chimes, one of which is depicted in this week’s cover image, crisscrossing Los Angeles at the height of the pandemic. Installed at homes for week-long listening sessions, the chimes formed a duet across a city and provided intimate experiences with sound for 16 families sheltering at home. (More at chriskallmyer.com 2.)

Disquiet0484 A Movable Heart

Its been a chaotic week for me, just feeling like I've been pulled in 20 different directions.  At first I wasn't going to do this, but I figured I needed to and I took it as a state of mind project.  So chaotic in the beginning, I was experimenting with turning different audio effects on and off, and sometimes the transitions are rough.  Then the calming original 2 hearts heavy track in the middle.  Then a slightly calmer version of my chaos at the end.

Calming the Chaos- disquiet0485

Inspired by Vivaldi's Spring Violin Concerto Op. 8 #1.  Excerpts from the first movement, including the birds, the babbling brook and the thunderstorm.  Hope this isn't too tropey for you!

Trapped in Spring

School has been crazy, but here is something I worked on as an example project a couple of years ago...this was done in Live 9 for reference.

Dancing through Winter....

Just a music teacher/player/performer dabbling in lots of different music spaces.  Baroque music nerd.

Bratschetech Baroque