My friend J visited this weekend. She’s one of the many friends I’ve made through spontaneous singing. She and I met at an improv workshop years ago and reconnected this year. We chat a couple of times a month — often spontaneously singing together on the phone.

J runs her own improv group back home and she and I will be co-facilitating some workshops at the Women in Spirituality conference later this fall. So I invited her to attend one of the summer Songtaneous sessions so she could see one “in action.”

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One of the things I like about spontaneous music making is that everyone can do (and does!) it differently. J and her group have been known to make up music for and with dancers and in various locations.

She brought along some percussion and found instruments and a list of intentions, which I told her up front I intend to steal. (The list of intentions, not the instruments. Is it stealing if you tell someone you’re going to do it?)

J and her group collaborated to come up with intentions for how they want to create together. These aren’t rules, but reminders conceived to help banish BBHoF and let music grow.

Here are my two favorites:

4. Everyone here has something yummy to contribute.

9. Find a balance between your own magnificence and insignificance.

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After working with their list this past Saturday, I’m committed to creating something similar for Songtaneous.

Wanna help? Feel free to post your intentions or reminders in the comments section.

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