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Colin Hay ❤️. Instagram post 17850603665599047

Colin Hay ❤️. Instagram post 17850603665599047

Melbourne! I have a new project for you coming in

Melbourne! I have a new project for you coming in August. "Revoiced" is a journey of evolving soundscapes, featuring an improvised collage of solo voice, live looping and digital manipulation – evoking interior worlds, flow states and the mystical experience. Attendees are welcome to meditate or to follow their own reflective practices – or just turn up, tune in and drop out.
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Tix $11/show or $33/all 4 shows. 9am Saturdays in August at @temporubato_au in Brunswick. Link in Bio (Photo by @w_i_l_k)

I have some exciting news soon for a new project a

I have some exciting news soon for a new project and gigs next month ... In the meantime I'm trying to write the bio. Thanks Mel, this is perfect 🤣

Remember, kids!

Remember, kids!

weekend meditation music. 🔔🌄➰🎤

weekend meditation music. 🔔🌄➰🎤

Tonight 6pm Melb time on my Facebook page. Please

Tonight 6pm Melb time on my Facebook page. Please join me for 30 mins of live-looped improvised voice. 🎤➰🔔❤️

Meditation Music today live at 12 noon! Here on my

Meditation Music today live at 12 noon! Here on my Instagram - if I can make it work haha. Please join me for 30 mins of looped voice ❤️➰🎤

Join me for a free meditation music livestream Fri

Join me for a free meditation music livestream Friday @ midday (Melbourne time) on my FB page: fb.com/tombartonmusic. Half an hour of improvised looped voice and electronics to help us both find some solace!

Instagram post 17909059591803974

Instagram post 17909059591803974

some Friday looping joy. Instagram post 1789957827

some Friday looping joy. Instagram post 17899578271811753

I am cautious in joining the dots between disaster

I am cautious in joining the dots between disasters in my own narratives. I'm mindful that it's in our nature to see patterns and to start to expect to see more of the same. Despite this, there's just no bias involved when reflecting on the year that's been and declaring it a colossal clusterfuck. Sure, there's been life, light, growth and connection. Of course, we're human beings - defined by and evolved through our ability to keep moving. It's just worth noting though that at this point, we are absolutely not expected to be recovered. We are reeling, reflecting, recharging, rebuilding, relapsing and recovering. But this year is a part of us all now and we're learning how to live with that. Gardening has been one of my ways. Singing is too, but it can feel a little too complicated sometimes - because of how I've merged it with parts of my identity and vocation. Part of me feels guilty for dropping my weekly meditation live streams these past couple of months - possibly when I could have benefitted most from keeping to the schedule. But I am practicing loving kindness whenever possible - it's only normal for our circumstances to reflect in our work. After all, that's the purpose of art, isn't it? Today I want to celebrate the sun shining and this moment of respite by singing a nice long meditation livestream. I'll be on my Facebook page at 1pm Melbourne time (that's 1.5 hours from now). Hope to see you there.

Where do we go when it's all over?

Where do we go when it's all over?

Monday Meditation kicks off again today, 5pm EST o

Monday Meditation kicks off again today, 5pm EST on my Facebook page. Hope to see you there 🔔🌱

It's finally here! My first official new release i

It's finally here! My first official new release in a couple of years: 'Wherever I Will Be'. Streaming link in bio! The reason my new music has taken a little while to arrive is also partly because of what the song is about. The piece is a 9:37 philosophical epic of droning synths and vocal ragas, blurring acoustic/electronic boundaries, and featuring lyrics recounting a devastating and beautiful conversation I had with my mum before she died. We were talking about the news she had just been given, that she only had a few months left to live. In such an offhand, casual way, she had referred to *afterwards* as "Wherever I Will Be" with the openness, bravery and vulnerability I am grateful to have known in her.

Monday Meditation will continue in August! Thanks

Monday Meditation will continue in August! Thanks so much for the enthusiasm and amazing feedback. 5.15pm AEST Mondays on my FB page. Live vocal soundscapes. 🔔❤️🎤

Let's try to work with change together. Starting w

Let's try to work with change together. Starting with this video file ... it looks cool but it's not meant to be glitched-out at all! Meditation today 5:15pm AEST on my FB page

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