Racer Session #518 | the ptesseract (Co-Presented by the FreeSessions) | May 3, 2020
Hey Racerheads!
This week's session is very special because it is a collaboration with the FreeSessions out of Missoula, Montana! The FreeSessions are all-ages, improvised, curated jam sessions inspired by free improvised and experimental music and hosted by Lakebottom Sound, an arts organization founded by Naomi Moon Siegel. Since the FreeSessions occur on the first Sunday of every month, we decided to team up with them to co-host a session for the occasion this Sunday!
We'll start off the session with an opening set curated by the FreeSessions: Sean Howard, aka the ptesseract, will use a looper, drum machine, sampler and a variety of instruments to create a sonic wonderland that is based on a symbiotic balance of composition and improvisation. Check out more of Sean's work at these links:
www.seansong.org
Www.YouTube.com/seanburress
the ptesseract
Following the opening set, we'll open it up to a jam session like normal, this time with members from both the Racer Sessions and FreeSessions communities and hopefully beyond! Everyone is welcome to participate in the jam session, or you can just sit back and watch and listen. We will also stream the session live via the Racer Sessions Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/racersessions/], so if you only wish to spectate, no need to log in to the Zoom meeting.
"Doors" will "open" at 3:45pm, meaning that's when you can join the Zoom meeting and start hanging out! At 4pm the music will begin, and we'll finish up at 6pm.
We also want to apologize once more to those who experienced the unfortunate Zoombombing incident last Sunday. We were caught off guard and should have been more prepared to adequately handle the situation. We have implemented a number of security measures to help prevent this from happening again, including:
- Enabling a waiting room to control who's joining.
- Designating people in charge of managing participants in case an issue arises.
- Tightening up a number of other security settings in Zoom to centralize control to the official Host/Co-Hosts of the meeting.
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