The Bay Chamber series brings concerts, with an emphasis on classical and new music, to Maine each summer. FSN was invited to produce three street studio activations to engage different parts of the community outside the formal concert setting. We met wonderful locals and festival goers, and made 5-tracks which we shared via our Soundcloud. The songs “Brian” and “Roy” feature Ruth and her husband Roy – a 90 year old World War II veteran – who told us about his days playing music during the war. 

About Street Studios 

Street Studios take the basic elements of the music studio to a public place and make the process accessible to anyone in the surrounding area -- revealing a sort of sonic collective unconscious of a community. With a simple setup, musicians and producers begin a process of creating and recording music, while at the same time encouraging passersby to join in. Traffic, chatter, birds, stories, spontaneous songs are all incorporated into music composed on the spot. Often people will begin a musical idea only to have it finished by someone passing by an hour later. After the session, producers craft these recordings into cohesive pieces, attempting to capture the energy of the particular space. These finished songs and soundscapes are then shared with all who participated.