Disquiet Junto Project 0648: Shadow Boxing

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 also generally appear in the lllllll.co discussion thread.

These following instructions went to the group email list (via juntoletter.disquiet.com). 

Disquiet Junto Project 0648: Shadow Boxing
The Assignment: Employ shadow boxing as a musical metaphor.

Step 1: Familiarize yourself with the concept of shadow boxing, in which one exercises as if there were an opponent.

Step 2: Record a piece of music that explores the idea of shadow boxing — of acting out an interaction, violent or otherwise, in which the opponent is imaginary.

Tasks Upon Completion:

Label: Include “disquiet0648” (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-0648-shadow-boxing/

Discuss: Listen to and comment on the other tracks.

Additional Details:

Length: The length is up to you. How many rounds can you go?

Deadline: Monday, June 3, 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 648th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Shadow Boxing — The Assignment: Employ shadow boxing as a musical metaphor — at https://disquiet.com/0648/