Compose140

≤140 character musical compositions by @Colin_GJ and others

[Anna Claydon @eac14]

@compose140 vacuum and voice duet in 1 room, washing machine with rap in another and hair dryer with opera aria in the bath. At same piece.

[Anna Claydon @eac14]

@compose140 identify today's earworm then sing it to yourself in all public contexts to make it social media

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Conspire with other members of your ensemble to continue playing for eight bars after the end of the piece, without telling the conductor.

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Hand driers connected to harmonicas so that, if used in the right order, they play "Blowing in the Wind". (Matt Le Mare)

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Suspended chainsaws swinging randomly over a large pile of polystyrene blocks, so that the saws cut into the polystyrene. (Matt Le Mare)

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Two very loud soundsystems on mountaintops, playing 30 second clips of music with mountain in the title. Audience in valley. (Matt Le Mare)

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"It’s only me" - for two people/two doors. Starts with knock and say title. Loud improvised chat ends with doors slammed shut. (Neil Deakin)

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Playing a cello enthusiastically inside a very resonant metal box that is slightly too small to allow the bow to move freely.

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Speakers in street drains. Songs referring to streets played to unsuspecting passersby, e.g. Baker St, Long and Winding Rd (Matt Le Mare)

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4 players take turns tearing paper, after 5 seconds start leaving an decreasing silence between tears. Ends with frenzy. (Neil Deakin)

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Use a wrecking ball to start a domino effect with enormous pieces of thick glass that get smaller in size until very small. (Matt Le Mare)

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Drop a piano into a skip, record it. The audience sings “Right said Fred...had a cup of tea”; recording is played backwards. (Matt Le Mare)

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Four barefoot people walk in a circle, holding hands, over eggshells, till there's no more crackle. (Neil Deakin)

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Puncture 5000 tyres with knives to create the loudest continual snakelike hissing sound ever. (Matt Le Mare)

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Drop large boulders into lava pools to play the accented rhythms of the chorus of Great Balls of Fire (Lewis 1957). (Matt Le Mare)

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3 or more pans of popcorn on camping stoves. The piece ends after the final pop. (Neil Deakin)

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3 windplayers improvise only while hula hooping while 3 percussionists improvise only while skipping to 2 handheld rope 5 mins (Neil Deakin)

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5000 drummers play in unison very loudly for hours then pause; sound of a dropping of a needle, then unison shout: “Hey!” (Matt Le Mare)

[Paul Burnell @burnellp]

@compose140 AB.AB.AGGAB.AB.AGGAGGAGG…ABCB.AFEGGABCB.AFEGGAFEGGAFEGG...CABCB.CAFEGGCABCB.CAFEGGCAFEGGCAFEG.G.C [Song + C&G drone] (P Burnell)