Disquiet Junto 0698 is the second of three prompts aimed at creating an asynchronous trio.

This week, we had to select from one of last week's community submissions to add a second part. I was really moved by Torpid Scorpion's piece "First Third", featuring a gorgeous acoustic guitar. As soon as I heard it, I heard the complementary part. The trouble? I heard it on violin.

I've only been playing violin for 6 weeks, but I practiced this piece pretty hard and got a couple of good takes this morning. It's simple and understated, I don't think it's awful, and I'm calling it the best that I can do at this point.

There was some room sound on the guitar part, so I tried to match it with light reverb on my side of the song. I also applied a little bit of a reverb to both tracks to place the instruments in the same room.

I think this piece is spacious, sad, and lovely, and I can't wait to see how someone finishes it for next week.

Torpid Scorpion's starter track: https://soundcloud.com/torpidscorpion/disquiet0697-first-third

More on the 698th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Second Third — The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0698/

You're Not a Burden (with Torpid Scorpion) (disquiet0698)

Making music is about being surprised.
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I create original experiential music from NOSIGNAL Multimedia Lab in Chicago. The Hard Times described my music as "creepy, haunted, but also a little bit uplifting." Prolific.

During the early 1990s I studied Mathematics and Computer Science. The world wide web was still largely text-based and mostly empty. Today things are obviously different, though I still thoroughly enjoy art, design, cinema and music in all its forms. I have traveled all over the world for nearly two decades, visiting just over 140 countries. Japan is my favorite. All of this I attempt to incorporate into my music and art.

I am a poet & musician. Here, you can find solo pieces (poetry) and works by Spirit Turnpike. I play with mixes of voice, basses, guitar, samples, field recordings, and electronic music. 



I have been named New York State Beat Poet Laureate (2024-2026) by the National Beat Poetry Foundation.

I deeply appreciate the collaborations I have encountered across different platforms, as building music together is liberation.

Collaborations: New Haven Improvisers Collective, The Arawax, Global Nuisance,  Salon Du Monde Fremont (internet TV), Disquiet Junto, Marco Lucchi (Orchestra Eclettica e Sincretista). 

Publications: 

Website of The Bread is Rising Poetry Collective
www.thebreadisrising.org

Musical Leadership, a blog on music & arts: almartinez.substack.com

Other sounds at http://ccmixter.org/people/softmartin
and on YT a synthesizer version of IN C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx-5G1dvy3o

The Rigs involved cooperation with various musicians; in particular
Melanie Creighton ( steamengines & synthesizers)
Manuel Mario Celeste ( vcls, viola, gtr, synthesizers)
Mortimer Craddup ( bass, drums)
Carlos de Rimini : Drums, drum programming

What's the last thing the drummer said before being kicked out of the band?

"Let's try playing one of my songs."

Here are my songs.

You're Not a Burden (with Torpid Scorpion) (disquiet0698)

Coraline Ada Ehmke