Dear Friends,

Welcome to SOUND EARTH!

https://www.facebook.com/soundearth/

I think of so many of you daily, missing our interactions and music making. I miss our music making both now and in all future events that have been indefinitely canceled due to the pandemic.

If anything, this breakout of the disease unites us globally - the virus does not choose based on race, religion, or wealth. At the same time, it shows us where we fail as societies - in neglecting our vulnerable communities, in amassing material wealth for which no one has use in critical circumstances like these, in pursuing divisive ideological agendas when unity of approach is crucial for our survival.

We musicians are healers and human antennae of this world. Now when all of us are at home, we can still connect through a sound network across the planet, enveloping it, our beautiful planet, through a common pitch played at the same time.

For non-musicians among us - holding one pitch is easy. It does not require practicing or synchronizing. It can be hummed, played on any instrument, or played from your device - if you click on the sound/video link for the specific day.

Below is a schedule of events, tune in daily, tune in when you can, share it with your friends!
I hope our daily shared frequency creates a network of unity, love and especially healing for all of us and our planet.

Post your audio or video recordings, or email them to me if you’re ok with me editing them into a patchwork of sound at some point.

We're uniting across space -- tuning together into a frequency for two minutes every day. Check out the time for your timezone to hum, sing, or play a pitch-of-the-day on an instrument together!

April 25 - the pitch is A

April 26 - the pitch is B flat

April 27 - the pitch is B natural, introduced by composer Sahba Aminika, Iran/San Francisco

April 28 - the pitch is C, introduced by TAJJ Kvartet, Serbia, virtual closing of NOMUS Festival with audience participation online

April 29 - the pitch is C sharp, introduced by Milos V. Nikolic, Belgrade, Serbia, on kaval

April 30 - the pitch is D, introduced by TAJA, Novi Sad, Serbia, on theremin

May 1 - the pitch is E flat, introduced by Nikola Sekulovic (Demolition Group, Laibach, Dan D) Ljubljana, Slovenia, on bass

May 2 - the pitch is E, introduced by Ameen Mokdad, Baghdad, Iraq, on violin

May 3 - the pitch is F, introduced by Roy Rallo, Berlin, Germany on hurdy-gurdy

May 4 - the pitch is F sharp

May 5 - the pitch is G

May 6 - the pitch is G sharp

May 7 - the pitch is A, introduced by Dorothy Lawson (ETHEL), from New York City on cello

If you tune in for five minutes at these specific times, then we’re doing it simultaneously

see you here: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79248213033

BAGHDAD: 8PM
BEIJING: 1AM
LONDON: 6PM
MARDIN: 8PM
MOSCOW: 8PM
NEW DELHI: 10PM
NEW YORK: 1PM
NOVI SAD: 7PM
SAN FRANCISCO: 10AM
SYDNEY: 3AM

The gathering has been extended and went on for more than 40 consecutive days, with participants from the USA, Europe and The Middle East.