#frequency=pitch

[forgottenbones]

Pitch is the same thing as rhythm

[asleepinawell]

let's fucking gooooooo

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

hope you feel better soon!

I am riddled with ailments, but I stay silly!

[vee-thebee]

“I feel a book”

“Yes, pick it up”

“What is it?”

“A BOOK.”

[akkivee]

THE MOOD THE BANGERS DONT STOP

[omagpies]

does anyone else’s tinnitus sound like rapid fire Morse in an earpiece and if yes have you decoded it yet bc i’m not nearly skilled enough

[sewergoblinfiend]

Alright, alright.

Uh.

Fuck, that fucking screeching noise!

[chronically-ghosted]

★ put this star into the inbox of your favorite blogs. It's time to spread positivity ✨

i'm totally normal about this. this is fine. i'm doing okay. this is me, being soooooo chill.

(but okay, you were one of the first big fic writers I found and instantly fell in love with. I think about Lie to Me all the friggin' time, as like the pinnacle of great fanfiction. Compulsion is such a beautiful blend of genre and style -- not to mention some real, real good ezra 🥵. You are a legit inspiration and I'm so glad we're mutuals!)

i genuinely hope you have a fantastic day and your week is a good one!

[oatmilkandvellichor]

as it turns out my city DOES have an adult learn-to-play hockey league so now i get to live out my recover(ing/ed) bitch dreams and play h o c k e y.

[pangolin-404]

I miss Krita because I can't draw these ideas on paper, I'm not strong enough

[sinceileftyoublog]

Joshua Abrams & The Natural Information Society Community Ensemble, Zosha Warpeha Live Show Review: 2/20, Constellation, Chicago

The Natural Information Society Community Ensemble

BY JORDAN MAINZER

A year ago from last Thursday, I saw a Frequency Festival show at Constellation consisting of local mainstays and the rare Chicago appearance of an NYC-based string duo. Last Thursday followed a similar formula, though the number of members of the New York act was halved, while that of the Windy City heroes was multiplied by four-and-a-half. With normal participant Mikel Patrick Avery out of town, Joshua Abrams & The Natural Information Society Community Ensemble--a drum-less lineup (!)--premiered a new piece made for Peter Margasak's annual celebration of experimental music, purportedly entitled Make Shift Real Now.

From left to right: Jason Stein, Ben LaMar Gay, Jason Adasiewicz

Like Since Time Is Gravity (eremite), the 2023 album billed to the Community Ensemble, Abrams' and company's new work unfurled in jazz harmony, rhythm, and soloing, hypnotizing in the sum of its parts rather than through instant drones. The performance forewent a sonic and even visual democracy (when Abrams picked up his double bass, he towered over everyone) for divergent elements, challenging you to make something steady out of them. Reed instruments swelled simultaneously--Jason Stein's bass clarinet and Edward Wilkerson's saxophone, for instance--only to be interrupted by atonality. Jason Adasiewicz's vibraphones offered grooves and syncopation. The band at times descended into free mallet percussion and squeaking woodwinds, but remained loose all the while. Don't get me wrong: The set was still enrapturing and transcendent. Watching Natural Information Society feels a bit like having your memory wiped, Men In Black-style, as you're unable to describe specifics of what you just witnessed. Should Make Shift Real Now be released as a recording, I can't wait to dig into it and try to figure out exactly how Natural Information Society continue to snag me, whether through spellbinding consistency or all-encompassing noise.

Adasiewicz

Zosha Warpeha

Opening, and performing for the first time in Chicago, was Brooklyn-via-Minnesota composer Zosha Warpeha. She plays the hardanger d’amore, a fiddle with five bowed strings and five sympathetic strings (strings that aren't touched but vibrate when activated by bowed tones). Warpeha makes music within the realm of Nordic folk and free improvisation, imbuing her spontaneous playing with voice. Last year, she released her debut album silver dawn (Relative Pitch), recorded over two days and inspired by nature, light, the smallest specks of existence, and the space they take up no matter their size. On Thursday, the echo caused by the thuds of her bow created worlds of texture, while the tactile scratches of her fiddling yielded a sense of fragility and survival. Alongside her wordless vocal harmonies, Warpeha stomped, resulting in a swaying beat that felt like a keen, the wisps of her breaths becoming one with the light abrasions of her strings. Her circular bow motion generated walls of sound, and she skillfully awoke you from mesmerism via the occasional out-of-place string pluck or full stop. As silver dawn scrutinizes the ultimate power of fleeting moments, Warpeha's set was both made up of nanoseconds in time and its own evanescent entity, in conversation with and belying centuries of tradition.

[chris-ostkreuz]

Pitch Modulation: Because Who Needs Normal When You Can Warp?

In a world where musical notes are often confined to their predetermined pitches, pitch modulation emerges as a delightful rebellion. Imagine bending, stretching, and twisting sounds until they resemble a funky pretzel instead of a rigid note. This art form not only spices up your musical repertoire but also tickles the ear in the most bizarre and fascinating ways. So, fasten your seatbelt as we…

[synthtv]

Intro Part 5: Filter & Pitch Envelope

[lesbianmasterchief]

just failed my psych midterm lol

[thotcontagion]

low key love it when one of my friends just comes up to me out of the blue and asks me what key a song is in because they know i have perfect pitch and can tell them within seconds like yeah i get weird looks from it but they're also like "holy shit thank you i finally know now"

[apeirotilio]

Garrett Hedlund in Inside Llewyn Davis is so Xanthi-core