Check out Money Mark's fantastic daily musical experiments!

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You dont wanna miss *tomorrows post* itll be good. But for now this experimental piece inspired by John Cage. Been washing my hands so much in the basinmade me think of Water Music. My classic CR-78 and metal meets water. Our world, our habitat is a giant experiment! In geological time-weve been here for the tiniest fraction. Cmon, lets make it good. Everybody In. March 17,2020 #isolationjams

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My pal Money Mark, longtime key(board) collaborator with the Beastie Boys, is one of the most creative and inspiring music makers I've ever met. Since California's shelter-in-place order began, he's been sharing daily "Isolation Jams" on Instagram! The truly "experimental" music brings me great joy. See more below and @MoneyMarkOfficial. Here's what Mark told me:

Making Isolation jams is a daily meditation. I call them 'Song Poems or Sound Poems,' an exercise Ive kept for years. Only now, I realize, documenting them and posting the audio/video is helping others. Routine is power like the sun rising and setting.

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Isolation jams number 9. Feedback studies I did in the 90s spawned over a dozen pieces inspired by #johncage ...@realkidkoala Kid Koala and I toured the world together and I would open the show by walking thru the crowd with a boom box and microphone; taped on the back, a small drum machine and an echo pedal. Jimi Hendrix made it popular and I thought Id take it to the next level.