We’ll get together to share tips and tricks for using music to help get stuff done. Sea shanties, cow calling, wood chopping, fishing, farming, hiking, cooking, jogging…. Anything thing that benefits from a song or tune played while the thing is happening.
About me:
I have been using music as a way to aid my work as a garlic farmer, woodlot owner, home-cook, old-boat rower and sailor, and jogger for almost 30 years in Maine, USA, a worksong hotspot. I’m a researcher, having traveled to over a dozen countries to meet people who also practice musical labor- an effort I call “The Worksong Project.” And I run a community chorus in Maine, USA called “The Mighty Worksong Community Chorus” which is an outgrowth of that project. We do community projects like farming, stacking wood, planting daffodils, cooking, and cleaning while singing. Looking forward to meeting you, who sings while you work or wishes to, and sharing with each other what we know about helping make work a little bit more like play.
Bennett Konesni
- First opportunity, come to my concert this evening at 6:45 at Frau Meyer (with Viktoria Ahlman) or my “Worksongs of Maine” workshop on 12/30 at 11:15am at Kunsttankstelle Ottakring to hear how we do it and ask questions. Second opportunity, let’s get together for a songshare and discussion, how about Amerlinghaus 1:30p on Jan 2.
- Other opportunities: If you’ll be presenting any worksongs during your workshop or concert, please share the details here on Discord. I would like to catch as many as I can as a part of my “Worksong Project”
and I'm sure others would, too.