The Group Drone

🕊️ improvised ambient jam 〰️ all skill levels welcome 🔗 for grounding The group drone is a live music format. It involves a span of improvised ambient music, which may remain rooted in a single key center or drift over time. Musicians can set up in advance and a number of instruments open-tuned to the appropriate keys can be made available to attendees. As opposed to a traditional concert, the musicians and audience occupy the same space, on the same level, de-emphasizing the boundary between creator and consumer. Those present are encouraged to make themselves comfortable in any way they see fit - stretching, drawing, knitting, writing, dancing contact improv, napping, etc. At the discretion of the organizer, the participating musicians can be curated and booked in advance, or left up to chance - first come, first served style. At it's core, it's a jam, and the universal laws of jamming apply - above all, listening, leaving space, playing only what is necessary. Less is more. The sleepover drone is a particular subset of the format: as implied, the music plays all night, at a volume low enough for sleeping. In an open, comfortable space, mats, blankets and pillows are arranged. Perhaps a canopy is hung and mood lighting is deployed, perhaps a night sky is projected above. Music can start anytime in the evening and will run past sunrise. Acts can be booked to play in half-hour or hour slots, and volunteers taking mixing shifts See write-ups on the Sleepover Drone here and here. see also: Field Guide for Effective Sleepover Droning, 1st ed, authored by La Plante Collective, April 2014.