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Join musician/writer Alex Greene for a listening session featuring the sounds of Memphis.
Using an app called Loopy HD, Alex goes through different groups of sounds, slowly adding and subtracting noises recorded right on the streets of Memphis. You might hear simple sounds, like feet walking through leaves, the roar of an overhead jet, or a leaf blower. You might hear more suggestive sounds, like music from an amphitheater, gun shots, or tornado sirens. They’re all geared to get people thinking about what surrounds them every day, and — most importantly — what they like or dislike hearing. Participants are given cards they’ll use to rate each sound as positive, negative, or neutral.
In addition, Greene will play some of the creative mash-ups that local musicians and producers have contributed, using field recordings from the Memphis streets. It will be the first public airing of works slated to be collected in a dedicated Memphis 3.0 album.
