Commissioned by Cait Weiss Orcutt
Stereo field recordings, ambisonic field recordings, violin, sampled cellos, text
Cait's words were: Ohio, Husband, Veganaise.
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Words to accompany the piece, to be read before, after, or while listening:
Follow your heart.
My wife cannot say Husband with a straight face
She drawls: Huuuuusband.
We’re not sure if it is too much Texas, or too much Dan Savage
Even if it doesn’t fit me
Her saying it lights up my heart.
"We use vegetable proteins in place of eggs," explains Bob Goldberg
What rolls off the tongue like a cheap substitute
Is in fact more delicious.
Forget healthier. It tastes Better.
Follow your heart.
There’s nothing I love more than the long drive from Chicago to the Farm
Seated just to her right. Peach rings and sour gummy worms in the cup holder
Harmonizing to Dave Carter and Tracey Grammer
Eight hours and we’ll see them
Follow your heart.
Driving up the hill
I always crank down the window
Have every single time
Leaning out for that big breath of fresh air
Follow your heart.
Find this near you: the experience that always refills your heart
For me, a long weekend in Ohio
Where I am held close
The place I can leave and say
No matter what happens this year
I was here
And my heart is full.
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6:01
Heir to the Dreaming
Commissioned by El Jay Rich
Field recordings, synthesized music, sequenced music, Amazon Poly Voice, Changeling: the Dreaming character creation rules, Chance Operations.
Track two of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. El Jay's words were "Home, Creation, and Night."
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6:48
20 Unbroken Seconds
Welcome to the second "season" of the Museum at Tomorrow and other stories!
This season will be my "Quarantine Commissions" - roughly 5 minute audio essays that people commissioned in the early days of the COVID19 outbreak. Each person gave me three words to base a piece on- the following pieces are the result.
I remain ecstatically grateful to everyone who commissioned a piece during that very difficult time. As an independent artist, these pieces allowed me to put food on the table and pay my bills at a time when other work suddenly disappeared.
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Commissioned by Makena Levine
Field recordings, archival show audio, voicemail recordings, and vocals by Betsey Palmer and Jeffrey Nils Gardner
Makena's words were: Quarantine, Nostalgia, and Family.
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6:58
Episode 5: Nec tamen consumebatur
We come to the end.
This is not for you.
And Moses said, “Here I am.”
Learn more at www.nilsgardner.com/the-museum-at-tomorrow
Content advisories for this episode here.
Transcript coming soon.
Created and produced by Jeffrey Nils Gardner
Interviews with Eleanor Hyde, Makena Levine, J Tremaine, Topher Elderkin, Karen Gardner, and others. Extended credits for "This is not for you" recordings can be found here.
Music by Jeffrey Nils Gardner.
Special thanks to Neil Verma and Sarah Geis.
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13:32
Episode 4: Quo vadis
Circling.
Things change.
"In the middle part of my life, I found myself in a dark wood..."
Learn more at www.nilsgardner.com/the-museum-at-tomorrow
Content advisories for this episode here.
Transcript coming soon.
Created and produced by Jeffrey Nils Gardner
Interviews with Marcus Warren, Eljay Rich, Ryan Bond, and others.
Music by Jeffrey Nils Gardner.
Special thanks to Neil Verma and Sarah Geis.
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