The instructions for this project first popped up at disquiet.com/0544 (thank you, powers of automation) shortly after 12:10am Pacific Time on June 2, and then at twitter.com/disquiet a little further along. (I was asleep at the time.) The email containing those instructions went out via tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto later in the morning (after I woke up), and I then posted them here.
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Music-making is, certainly, a part of this latest project in the ongoing Disquiet Junto music community series â the 544th consecutive weekly project to date. However, as was with case last week, this weekâs project is about discussing music as much as it is about making music.
To be clear, you neednât have done last weekâs project to participate. The two projects are only connected conceptually, and in broad terms.
Last week, people made music to exemplify a technique they wanted to share. To the extent participants discussed music, it was in order to explain the given technique. This week, weâre posting music for others to comment on â to get feedback, per the project title, âFeedback Loop.â Asking for feedback â as with providing and receiving it â is an important technique in its own right when it comes to making music, or doing anything creative and expressive.
Additional details appear in the instructions below. Please pay particular attention to the note included here about âconsecutive repliesâ on the Lines (llllllll.co) message board.
Thanks, as always, for your generosity with your time and creativity.
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Each Thursday in the Disquiet Junto group, a new compositional challenge is set before the groupâs members, who then have just over four days to upload a track in response to the assignment. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate. (A SoundCloud account is helpful but not required.) Thereâs no pressure to do every project. Itâs weekly so that you know itâs there, every Thursday through Monday, when you have the time.
Deadline: This projectâs deadline is the end of the day Monday, June 6, 2022, at 11:59pm (that is, just before midnight) wherever you are. It was posted on Thursday, June 2, 2022.
These are the instructions that went out to the groupâs email list (at tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto):
Disquiet Junto Project 0544: Feedback Loop
The Assignment: Share music-in-progress for input from others.
Step 1: This project is about two things: (1) requesting feedback and (2) providing feedback. Keep that in mind.
Step 2: Upload a track youâre working on and would appreciate input on from fellow Junto members. When doing so, consider mentioning the sort of feedback youâre looking for: tone, production, development, instrumentation, etc.
Step 3: After uploading your track, and in the days following the conclusion of the project, provide feedback to other peopleâs tracks, either on the Lines discussion (link below) or on the website where theyâve posted their track.
Note: The Lines BBS runs on a discussion platform called Discourse, which has some built-in restrictions. Among these is that you canât reply too many times to the same thread before someone else replies first. This is a âconsecutive repliesâ matter. The best practice is to compile feedback to multiple tracks, and to tag reach recipient in one reply. If those instructions arenât clear, just wait a little while after tracks begin to appear on the thread. Soon enough youâll see examples of people doing exactly this.
Eight Important Steps When Your Track Is Done:
Step 1: Include âdisquiet0544â (no spaces or quotation marks) in the name of your tracks.
Step 2: If your audio-hosting platform allows for tags, be sure to also include the project tag âdisquiet0544â (no spaces or quotation marks). If youâre posting on SoundCloud in particular, this is essential to subsequent location of tracks for the creation of a project playlist.
Step 3: Upload your tracks. It is helpful but not essential that you use SoundCloud to host your tracks.
Step 4: Post your track in the following discussion thread at llllllll.co:
Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0544-feedback-loop/
Step 5: Annotate your track with a brief explanation of your approach and process.
Step 6: If posting on social media, please consider using the hashtag #DisquietJunto so fellow participants are more likely to locate your communication.
Step 7: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.
Step 8: Also join in the discussion on the Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.
Note: Please post one track for this weekly Junto project. If you choose to post more than one, and do so on SoundCloud, please let me know which youâd like added to the playlist. Thanks.
Additional Details:
Deadline: This projectâs deadline is the end of the day Monday, June 6, 2022, at 11:59pm (that is, just before midnight) wherever you are. It was posted on Thursday, June 2, 2022.
Length: The length is up to you. Consider itâs a lot to ask people to listen to something very long.
Title/Tag: When posting your tracks, please include âdisquiet0544â in the title of the tracks, and where applicable (on SoundCloud, for example) as a tag.
Upload: When participating in this project, be sure to include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated.
Download: It is always best to set your track as downloadable and allowing for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution, allowing for derivatives).
For context, when posting the track online, please be sure to include this following information:
More on this 544th weekly Disquiet Junto project â Feedback Loop (The Assignment: Share music-in-progress for input from others) â at: https://disquiet.com/0544/
More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/
Subscribe to project announcements here: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/
Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0544-feedback-loop/