NEW! Perceiver of Sound League Sound Research Studio at Elsewhere
First Tuesdays at Elsewhere (details to be posted shortly)
The Perceiver of Sound League Sound Research Studio embraces the idea
that anyone who is curious can do science, and that the phenomenon of
sound is both profound and easy to investigate. Everyone who will
attend possesses the greatest known instrument for sound production,
the human body. And there are profound questions about the
phenomenology of sound and music that can be directly investigated.
As Matt Marble, PhD says, sound phenomena are at the root of the 3 I’s,
Intuition, Imagination and Inspiration. We seek the roots of creativity
and to support each other in our creative work, and to inspire new
approaches to not only music making but private practices like mantra,
deep listening and self-therapeutic singing.
FORMAT
The program consists of:
1) A group meditation led by Son Pham to get everyone “tuned” to each other
2) two or three quite short presentations of sound research of less than ten minutes each, often on a predetermined theme
a) sharing of research or results
b) posing questions for research
c) demonstrations
d) personal experiences, anecdotes, or intuitions
3) ten or so minutes for mediated group discussion
3) a group listening experience
4) group sound practice (sometimes completely unrestricted, sometimes under constraints suggested by presenters.)
The Sound Research Studio would feature a special presenter every month
(and attendees can sign up to present at a future session.)
Spontaneous performances with Gary Heidt on turntables and other audio
media in duet with master musicians
originally broadcast on The Perceiver of
Sound radio show on WUAG FM 103.1:
Check out this Perceiver of Sound League monsterpiece:
The
Perceiver of Sound League is a group of individuals
united
for the spiritual practice of artistic production,
the
study and practice of sound production and perception.
the
mutual improvement of their members in the science of vocal music,
the
development of the soul, character, spirit and body
through
the practice of artistic, philosophical and scientific disciplines
and
the production of spectacles and concerts that unify these
disciplines.
The
members of the Perceiver of Sound League individually and
collectively aspire
to
explore the nature of consciousness through the production and
perception of sound.
We
think it possible that the search for the Ultimate,
in
which everyone participates,
is
only hindered by dogma, authority and hierarchy.
Therefore
the Perceiver of Sound League will espouse no dogma and claim no
authority.
INCORPORATED AUGUST 30, 2013 IN THE
COUNTY
OF HUDSON UNDER THE LAWS OF NEW JERSEY
HARMONIC ELDERS OF THE PERCEIVER OF SOUND
LEAGUE
Indigo 2-octave subvisual harmonic elder-
Lauren Farber
Yellow harmonic elder - Rich Gross
Blue harmonic elder, League clerk: Gary
Heidt
