Disquiet Junto Project 0633: Voice Swap
Note: This week’s project instructions are considerably more concise than has been the case in the past. What was previously around 580 words (not including the project steps and any other project-specific information) is now closer to 280. Like a contract, the project template had expanded over time — a clause here, a rule there — as I added clarifications based on participant input and on my observations about activity. The newly refined Disquiet Junto project template loses nothing and is more readable, meaning more people may actually read it, and it will — I hope — be less off-putting to newcomers.
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Each Thursday in the Disquiet Junto music community, a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have five days to record and upload a track in response to the project instructions.
Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate. (A SoundCloud account is helpful but not required.) There’s no pressure to do every project. The Junto is weekly so that you know it’s there, every Thursday through Monday, when your time and interest align.
Tracks are added to the SoundCloud playlist for the duration of the project. Additional (non-SoundCloud) tracks appear in the lllllll.co discussion thread.
These following instructions went to the group email list (via juntoletter.disquiet.com).
Disquiet Junto Project 0633: Voice Swap
The Assignment: Rerecord all or part of one of your tracks using just your voice.
Step 1: You’re going to attempt to rerecord something you’ve done before, this time using your voice as the source audio. Think of a track you’ve recorded previously that might recommend itself for such an adaptation.
Step 2: Needless to say, this won’t be particularly easy. But best you can, redo the track you selected in Step 1 by replacing the source audio with your own voice. (And, of course, if you can’t do it completely, use your voice for as much of it as you can. And you can still process your voice, certainly.)
Tasks Upon Completion:
Label: Include “disquiet0633” (no spaces/quotes) in the name of your track.
Upload: Post your track to a public account (SoundCloud preferred but by no means required). It’s best to focus on one track, but if you post more than one, clarify which is the “main” rendition.
Share: Post your track and a description explanation at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0633-voice-swap/
Discuss: Listen to and comment on the other tracks.
Additional Details:
Length: The length is up to you.
Deadline: Monday, February 19, 2024, 11:59pm (that is: just before midnight) wherever you are.
About: https://disquiet.com/junto/
Newsletter: https://juntoletter.disquiet.com/
License: It’s preferred (but not required) to set your track as downloadable and allowing for attributed remixing (i.e., an attribution Creative Commons license).
Please Include When Posting Your Track:
More on the 633rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Voice Swap — The Assignment: Rerecord all or part of one of your tracks using just your voice — at https://disquiet.com/0633/
The image associated with this track is a photo by Ricardo André Frantz of Luca della Robbia’s 1431 work, Cantoria — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cantoria_luca_della_robbia22.jpg
Used with a Creative Commons license — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
