[Music]
you
you
[Applause]
[Music]
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I wanted to do something big something
massive that would really challenge me
as a musician and an athlete so I
created the sonic divide I rode my
mountain bike 2,500 miles along the
Continental Divide from Mexico to Canada
and along the way I performed 30 pieces
of music by 30 different groundbreaking
composers in the wilderness and I filmed
all of these performances and when I got
home I made a documentary film about the
event I did it totally self supported so
I carried all my own food and water and
camping gear and cameras now you might
ask and it’s a very logical question
what in the world does ultra distance
mountain biking have to do with creative
experimental music because I mean after
all they do seem like very different
fields but in fact they’re actually
quite alike they both require commitment
and vision and you have to become
comfortable with being uncomfortable
each one of those 30 pieces pushed me
out of my comfort zone as a musician
just like being in the saddle up to 15
hours a day on remote rugged dirt roads
day after day week after week pushed me
out of my comfort zone as an athlete and
those pieces of music forced me to ask
some very interesting but difficult
questions what is music what is a
musical instrument is a bicycle a
musical instrument if I’m drumming on a
log in the middle of the wilderness and
I’m singing to the birds and the trees
and the sky is that a legitimate musical
performance
the natural world is made up of
vibrations and so is music what I
experienced on my sonic divide journey
is the very powerful feeling of making
music in the wilderness and being
connected to those vibrations and that’s
something very special the humans have
been doing for a long time to elevate
theirs their spirits and that’s
something that we’ve been doing since
the dawn of time
[Music]
I can’t actually believe I’m doing this
[Music]
and when one among us make something
really beautiful everyone turns to it
was bone
[Music]
finally about 9:30 night I stopped after
riding a hundred miles so I’ve been
going since 4:30 in the morning to
performances under miles but performing
for trees and animals all life-forms
respond to vibrations and that of course
is what a musician deals with his
vibrations it’s just incredible way of
music and then the writing is connecting
with the signature it’s just amazing
[Music]
in the shadow before waking the old
dream I am alone on the summit of a
mountain looking down on a sea of clouds
nothing but the pale morning satin of
snow and the cloud shifting silently as
the earth with a vibration so slow it
can’t be heard paces it’s invisible
[Music]
Eclipse ah
ah
[Music]
ah I am the last man on earth and I
cannot remember my name so let’s all get
out into the wild and find new ways to
make music
[Applause]
you
you
[Applause]
[Music]
[Music]
[Music]
[Music]
[Music]
I wanted to do something big something
massive that would really challenge me
as a musician and an athlete so I
created the sonic divide I rode my
mountain bike 2,500 miles along the
Continental Divide from Mexico to Canada
and along the way I performed 30 pieces
of music by 30 different groundbreaking
composers in the wilderness and I filmed
all of these performances and when I got
home I made a documentary film about the
event I did it totally self supported so
I carried all my own food and water and
camping gear and cameras now you might
ask and it’s a very logical question
what in the world does ultra distance
mountain biking have to do with creative
experimental music because I mean after
all they do seem like very different
fields but in fact they’re actually
quite alike they both require commitment
and vision and you have to become
comfortable with being uncomfortable
each one of those 30 pieces pushed me
out of my comfort zone as a musician
just like being in the saddle up to 15
hours a day on remote rugged dirt roads
day after day week after week pushed me
out of my comfort zone as an athlete and
those pieces of music forced me to ask
some very interesting but difficult
questions what is music what is a
musical instrument is a bicycle a
musical instrument if I’m drumming on a
log in the middle of the wilderness and
I’m singing to the birds and the trees
and the sky is that a legitimate musical
performance
the natural world is made up of
vibrations and so is music what I
experienced on my sonic divide journey
is the very powerful feeling of making
music in the wilderness and being
connected to those vibrations and that’s
something very special the humans have
been doing for a long time to elevate
theirs their spirits and that’s
something that we’ve been doing since
the dawn of time
[Music]
I can’t actually believe I’m doing this
[Music]
and when one among us make something
really beautiful everyone turns to it
was bone
[Music]
finally about 9:30 night I stopped after
riding a hundred miles so I’ve been
going since 4:30 in the morning to
performances under miles but performing
for trees and animals all life-forms
respond to vibrations and that of course
is what a musician deals with his
vibrations it’s just incredible way of
music and then the writing is connecting
with the signature it’s just amazing
[Music]
in the shadow before waking the old
dream I am alone on the summit of a
mountain looking down on a sea of clouds
nothing but the pale morning satin of
snow and the cloud shifting silently as
the earth with a vibration so slow it
can’t be heard paces it’s invisible
[Music]
Eclipse ah
ah
[Music]
ah I am the last man on earth and I
cannot remember my name so let’s all get
out into the wild and find new ways to
make music
[Applause]
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