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Friends,
this would be my first post of audio in a really long time. I used to do that for a living way back in the 90’s, and I’ve been wincing at the thought of it for a few years. Anyway, I thought that it was really worth it to show those of you who were part of the June metro hmmm to hear just a touch. There is much more recorded and its amazingly rich, diverse, and wonderfully fluid just as we were that day..
I put the link on my website since it seems that wordpress doesn’t use mp3’s.
http://www.kathykennedy.ca/sounds/rotundahmm.mp3
kk
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Some beautiful surprises seeing friends who had heard of the hmmm through facebook or word of mouth. And thanks to the many who suggested that we make this a monthly event.
Its so true that we should.
This situation comes up at every important juncture of the works I’ve been referring to as HMMM. I’m torn by thinking about making a living as an artist every day, and the repercussions of commiting myself to another volunteer event in my life. But then again it would be a bit perverse to being paid for this kind of thing. It is so very clearly about non-commercialism.
What is the HMMM about I wonder… everyone who participates in it must have their own singular view.
The rotunda of Victoria Square was an extraordinary experience. Between 20 & 30 of us walked to it, leaving the metro officially, to get to a fairly small, dimly lit, intimate space that many Montreal pedestrians must travel daily. We gradually expanded the humming into open vowels mostly, which allowed people to really sound out. At some point I know I, among many, was singing to the top of my lungs while travellers popped in through a theatrical array of glass doors from various building complexes. It seemed to last forever, but the video documentation will tell all. Another highpoint was the spontaneous line-up of singers along the rotunda walls, which loo
