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BRIAN TATE

JazzLab The Music of Synergy

Everything we do is music. Everywhere is the best seat.

—John Cage

Making Your Own Music

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A large group of participants enters a ballroom. Rather than taking their usual seats, they form two large concentric circles around the perimeter of the room. They are about to become musicians for the rest of the morning. Following a brief introductory talk on how to make music (breathe, stay loose, jump in, have fun), rhythm and groove are quickly established with clapping and rapping, growing magically from a single pattern to two parts, and then to four parts. Then comes the moment everyone has been anticipating: ...

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