https://simplecast.com synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes Meditation music for music lovers — 100% improvised live and unedited, bringing you into the creative process. synthquest is a twice weekly live stream of relaxing, improvised, ambient soundscapes performed and created by songwriter/composer and multi-instrumentalist Jen Starsinic in Nashville, TN. It is recorded live on Twitch Sundays at 4pm CT and Wednesdays at 9pm CT with weekly recordings posted to the podcast stream. 2021 Jen Starsinic en Sat, 14 May 2022 06:13:58 +0000 Sat, 14 May 2022 06:14:08 +0000 https://synthquest.simplecast.com synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7975f62c-d470-49b8-9a47-3745b574bf02/94df8742-f9b7-42f7-b464-639e0c692203/3000x3000/synthquest.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://synthquest.simplecast.com episodic Meditation music for music lovers — 100% improvised live and unedited, bringing you into the creative process. synthquest is a twice weekly live stream of relaxing, improvised, ambient soundscapes performed and created by songwriter/composer and multi-instrumentalist Jen Starsinic in Nashville, TN. It is recorded live on Twitch Sundays at 4pm CT and Wednesdays at 9pm CT with weekly recordings posted to the podcast stream. Jen Starsinic no https://feeds.simplecast.com/sQ2iicR2 meditation, relaxation, electronic music, ambient, nord, women in music, improvised music, sleep, korg, female musician, sleep music, korg minilogue xd, ambient music, instrumental music, music performance, musician, sleep sounds, soundscapes, synthesizers Jen Starsinic jen@jenstarsinic.com b5c483e3-10f6-4878-884c-3d1a1cfbd5aa music for passing time welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. meditation music for music lovers and an ambient music anti-show! put on your sleep mask, sit in meditation, settle into shavasana, embark on your evening walk,  draw yourself a bath, and get ready for synthquest! 

i’ve always been incredibly bad at keeping track of time. whereas other people seem to have a sense of gravity binding them to the time of day, I am out here just floating haphazardly around it —  15 minutes late to everything, completely unaware of how long it’s been since I’ve seen a certain friend or eaten my most recent meal.

perhaps, dear synthquest listeners, you’ve also noticed that quite some time has passed between episodes. 

frequently, my sense of time seems totally out of sync with the world around me, which often moves at a pace that just feels inconceivable to me. to me, time is like an ocean — a swirling, reverberous pool of everything I ever have and ever will experience.

i wonder though what it would be like to go instead by feeling, to embrace following my own erroneous-to-current-standards internal compass of time passing. where I would sometimes I let the world go on in its buzzing without me while I while away in slow, hazy days of staring out the window, meandering in the garden, growing lighter, younger. collecting myself,  rewinding back into myself, like a cassette tape  in reverse.

dear synthquest listeners, i hope you give yourself permission to get a bit lost in the passing of time.

and thank you for your patience for this episode after a long hiatus. while i can't promise to not get lost in the ocean of time again, i am working hard to bank some episodes so that the show can continue to come out while I make my way out of it

—

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. 0:22 — 20 second music preview
  2. 0:42 — episode introduction
  3. 6:08 — music begins

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music artist, multi-instrumentalist, and community organizer from Harrisburg, PA currently living in Nashville, TN. In addition to her creative work, she is the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, whose works as been featured on NPR's Here & Now and is a winner of the Lewis Prize for Music. Said of her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

stay connected!

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> Sat, 14 May 2022 06:13:58 +0000 jen@jenstarsinic.com (Jen Starsinic) https://synthquest.simplecast.com/episodes/music-for-passing-time-4dnpTOTh welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. meditation music for music lovers and an ambient music anti-show! put on your sleep mask, sit in meditation, settle into shavasana, embark on your evening walk,  draw yourself a bath, and get ready for synthquest! 

i’ve always been incredibly bad at keeping track of time. whereas other people seem to have a sense of gravity binding them to the time of day, I am out here just floating haphazardly around it —  15 minutes late to everything, completely unaware of how long it’s been since I’ve seen a certain friend or eaten my most recent meal.

perhaps, dear synthquest listeners, you’ve also noticed that quite some time has passed between episodes. 

frequently, my sense of time seems totally out of sync with the world around me, which often moves at a pace that just feels inconceivable to me. to me, time is like an ocean — a swirling, reverberous pool of everything I ever have and ever will experience.

i wonder though what it would be like to go instead by feeling, to embrace following my own erroneous-to-current-standards internal compass of time passing. where I would sometimes I let the world go on in its buzzing without me while I while away in slow, hazy days of staring out the window, meandering in the garden, growing lighter, younger. collecting myself,  rewinding back into myself, like a cassette tape  in reverse.

dear synthquest listeners, i hope you give yourself permission to get a bit lost in the passing of time.

and thank you for your patience for this episode after a long hiatus. while i can't promise to not get lost in the ocean of time again, i am working hard to bank some episodes so that the show can continue to come out while I make my way out of it

—

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. 0:22 — 20 second music preview
  2. 0:42 — episode introduction
  3. 6:08 — music begins

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music artist, multi-instrumentalist, and community organizer from Harrisburg, PA currently living in Nashville, TN. In addition to her creative work, she is the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, whose works as been featured on NPR's Here & Now and is a winner of the Lewis Prize for Music. Said of her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

stay connected!

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> music for passing time Jen Starsinic 00:39:56 TR808 drum machine and piano on a cassette tape loop in reverse drifts in and out of sync with wurly and waves of synth. a reminder to sometimes let ourselves drift in the ocean of time, this episode of synthquest, a return from a hiatus, invites you to lose track of it all. TR808 drum machine and piano on a cassette tape loop in reverse drifts in and out of sync with wurly and waves of synth. a reminder to sometimes let ourselves drift in the ocean of time, this episode of synthquest, a return from a hiatus, invites you to lose track of it all. female musician, electronic music, passing time, synthesizer, piano, relaxing music, study music, sleep music, composing, musician, binaural beats, yoga music, relaxing, meditation music, time, live performance, soundscape, adhd, independent music, background music, peaceful, wellness, ambient music, improvisation, jen starsinic, composer, music composition no full 13 be4722d3-625e-44d2-aa39-8abccd0f0dad music for dreaming welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. meditation music for music lovers and an ambient music anti-show! put on your sleep mask, sit in meditation, settle into shavasana, embark on your evening walk,  draw yourself a bath, and get ready for synthquest! 

you know those really great weekend dreams that are so good that when you wake up , you do everything you can to fall back into them? dreams with substance and plot and people you’re enjoying. you end up sleeping 2 hours longer just seeing how many times you can doze back into the dream story. 

I used to summon immersive dreams like that daydreaming as a child. bored suburban blank spaces I was eager to fill with the contents of my imagination. whole worlds to contentedly get lost in for hours. 

I think that’s why so many people think of music and other creativity as a kind of magic — it comes from nothing. a necessary ingredient for its creation is substantive, paradoxically purposeful blank, open, spacey  nothingness. our dreams and visions and creations and art are a mysterious alchemy in defiance of the first law of thermodynamics: something really can be created from nothing.

today i invite you into our dreamy dive into nothingness. may i give you nothing.

—

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. 0:25 — 20 second music preview
  2. 0:52 — episode introduction
  3. 4:38 — music begins

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music artist, multi-instrumentalist, and community organizer from Harrisburg, PA currently living in Nashville, TN. In addition to her creative work, she is the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, whose works as been featured on NPR's Here & Now and is a winner of the Lewis Prize for Music. Said of her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

stay connected!

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> Fri, 28 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000 jen@jenstarsinic.com (Jen Starsinic) https://synthquest.simplecast.com/episodes/music-for-dreaming-XZhrMt_l welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. meditation music for music lovers and an ambient music anti-show! put on your sleep mask, sit in meditation, settle into shavasana, embark on your evening walk,  draw yourself a bath, and get ready for synthquest! 

you know those really great weekend dreams that are so good that when you wake up , you do everything you can to fall back into them? dreams with substance and plot and people you’re enjoying. you end up sleeping 2 hours longer just seeing how many times you can doze back into the dream story. 

I used to summon immersive dreams like that daydreaming as a child. bored suburban blank spaces I was eager to fill with the contents of my imagination. whole worlds to contentedly get lost in for hours. 

I think that’s why so many people think of music and other creativity as a kind of magic — it comes from nothing. a necessary ingredient for its creation is substantive, paradoxically purposeful blank, open, spacey  nothingness. our dreams and visions and creations and art are a mysterious alchemy in defiance of the first law of thermodynamics: something really can be created from nothing.

today i invite you into our dreamy dive into nothingness. may i give you nothing.

—

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. 0:25 — 20 second music preview
  2. 0:52 — episode introduction
  3. 4:38 — music begins

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music artist, multi-instrumentalist, and community organizer from Harrisburg, PA currently living in Nashville, TN. In addition to her creative work, she is the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, whose works as been featured on NPR's Here & Now and is a winner of the Lewis Prize for Music. Said of her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

stay connected!

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> music for dreaming Jen Starsinic 00:44:15 dark wurlitzer e. piano evolves into peacefully anthemic synths as sleeping opens into expansive, beautiful dreams. a meditation on the value of leaving idle space for our imagination, this episode of synthquest invites you in on the dive into nothingness. dark wurlitzer e. piano evolves into peacefully anthemic synths as sleeping opens into expansive, beautiful dreams. a meditation on the value of leaving idle space for our imagination, this episode of synthquest invites you in on the dive into nothingness. default mode network, dream music, female musician, electronic music, synthesizer, piano, relaxing music, study music, sleep music, composing, musician, autumn, binaural beats, yoga music, relaxing, meditation music, live performance, soundscape, independent music, background music, peaceful, dreaming, neuroscience, day dreaming, wellness, ambient music, improvisation, jen starsinic, creativity, composer, music composition no full 12 132faf21-5d13-4085-a30b-a6cd64790a90 music for reflection welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. meditation music for music lovers and an ambient music anti-show! put on your sleep mask, sit in meditation, settle into shavasana, embark on your evening walk,  draw yourself a bath, and get ready for synthquest! 

when I was a kid, I would spend most summer days at the local public pool with my friends. there was a huge room with like 4 or 5 ping pong tables in it. when it happened to be empty, we would play a game of Super Ping Pong in which we used the entire room and all surfaces to hit as many balls as we could chaotically back and forth.

lately I’ve been trying to revive my daily meditation practice and I’ve been finding my brain and thoughts remind me of a game of Super Ping Pong — many thought trajectories flying illicitly around in a thousand directions with the aim, seemingly, of sowing chaos.

perhaps it’s no surprise then that many arpeggios and bouncing delays are two of my all time favorite sound palettes to play with, like the ones you hear in this improv.

I’ve been meditating again because when I don’t, I sometimes lose touch with the voice that is there in the middle of the room, trying to speak loud enough to be heard whilst being assaulted by many flying little balls.

it’s made me learn that knowing yourself is not an objective accomplished once but a process cultivated continually...

—

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. 0:26 — 20 second music preview
  2. 0:49 — episode introduction
  3. 4:13 — music begins

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music artist, multi-instrumentalist, and community organizer from Harrisburg, PA currently living in Nashville, TN. In addition to her creative work, she is the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, whose works as been featured on NPR's Here & Now and is a winner of the Lewis Prize for Music. Said of her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

stay connected!

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000 jen@jenstarsinic.com (Jen Starsinic) https://synthquest.simplecast.com/episodes/music-for-reflection-jcDccOSm welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. meditation music for music lovers and an ambient music anti-show! put on your sleep mask, sit in meditation, settle into shavasana, embark on your evening walk,  draw yourself a bath, and get ready for synthquest! 

when I was a kid, I would spend most summer days at the local public pool with my friends. there was a huge room with like 4 or 5 ping pong tables in it. when it happened to be empty, we would play a game of Super Ping Pong in which we used the entire room and all surfaces to hit as many balls as we could chaotically back and forth.

lately I’ve been trying to revive my daily meditation practice and I’ve been finding my brain and thoughts remind me of a game of Super Ping Pong — many thought trajectories flying illicitly around in a thousand directions with the aim, seemingly, of sowing chaos.

perhaps it’s no surprise then that many arpeggios and bouncing delays are two of my all time favorite sound palettes to play with, like the ones you hear in this improv.

I’ve been meditating again because when I don’t, I sometimes lose touch with the voice that is there in the middle of the room, trying to speak loud enough to be heard whilst being assaulted by many flying little balls.

it’s made me learn that knowing yourself is not an objective accomplished once but a process cultivated continually...

—

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. 0:26 — 20 second music preview
  2. 0:49 — episode introduction
  3. 4:13 — music begins

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music artist, multi-instrumentalist, and community organizer from Harrisburg, PA currently living in Nashville, TN. In addition to her creative work, she is the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, whose works as been featured on NPR's Here & Now and is a winner of the Lewis Prize for Music. Said of her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

stay connected!

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> music for reflection Jen Starsinic 00:54:36 warm and energetic arpeggios and delays bounce off many mirrors and explore and soothe the sometimes chaotic and untethered nature of our thoughts making midtempo dream pop/shoe gaze warpy swirls. this episode of synthquest invites you to spend some quality time with yourself and your reflection, however and whoever you are. warm and energetic arpeggios and delays bounce off many mirrors and explore and soothe the sometimes chaotic and untethered nature of our thoughts making midtempo dream pop/shoe gaze warpy swirls. this episode of synthquest invites you to spend some quality time with yourself and your reflection, however and whoever you are. personal journal, female musician, electronic music, synthesizer, piano, relaxing music, study music, reflection, sleep music, composing, musician, autumn, binaural beats, music performance, korg minilogue xd, yoga music, relaxing, meditation music, live performance, soundscape, keyboards, meditation, nord electro, adhd, independent music, independent music, background music, peaceful, anxiety, wellness, ambient music, improvisation, jen starsinic, composer, music composition no full 11 4497b158-0dd9-4197-8d7e-18f167fbc6c8 music for the winter solstice and a happy new year welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. meditation music for music lovers and an ambient music anti-show! put on your sleep mask, sit in meditation, settle into shavasana, embark on your evening walk,  draw yourself a bath, and get ready for synthquest! 

this year, more than previous years, I have felt the season in terms of the winter solstice. a slow, at times unwilling, hibernation creeping over my energy to do most things.

and why shouldn’t it? though it doesn’t conform to the go-go-go of modern life, it doesn’t seem outlandish to me that the truth of our planet in orbit would affect us, governing us more fully than weary human constructs.

these are the forces we don’t see directly, but experience in the shortening of days, the turning of the weather.

deep in our bodies, we know we are more fully immersed in the shadow side of the cycling that makes up our days, months and years.

when I was improvising this live, I had a sense of wandering — in the moment, I felt like I couldn't quite figure out where I was supposed to go with it. 

maybe this is a time meant for feeling a little bit lost. 

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. 0:23 — 20 second music preview
  2. 0:43 — episode introduction
  3. 3:35 — music begins

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music artist, multi-instrumentalist, and community organizer living in Nashville, TN. She is the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. Said of her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

stay connected!

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> Fri, 31 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000 jen@jenstarsinic.com (Jen Starsinic) https://synthquest.simplecast.com/episodes/music-for-the-winter-solstice-and-a-happy-new-year-jAnImxAq welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. meditation music for music lovers and an ambient music anti-show! put on your sleep mask, sit in meditation, settle into shavasana, embark on your evening walk,  draw yourself a bath, and get ready for synthquest! 

this year, more than previous years, I have felt the season in terms of the winter solstice. a slow, at times unwilling, hibernation creeping over my energy to do most things.

and why shouldn’t it? though it doesn’t conform to the go-go-go of modern life, it doesn’t seem outlandish to me that the truth of our planet in orbit would affect us, governing us more fully than weary human constructs.

these are the forces we don’t see directly, but experience in the shortening of days, the turning of the weather.

deep in our bodies, we know we are more fully immersed in the shadow side of the cycling that makes up our days, months and years.

when I was improvising this live, I had a sense of wandering — in the moment, I felt like I couldn't quite figure out where I was supposed to go with it. 

maybe this is a time meant for feeling a little bit lost. 

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. 0:23 — 20 second music preview
  2. 0:43 — episode introduction
  3. 3:35 — music begins

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music artist, multi-instrumentalist, and community organizer living in Nashville, TN. She is the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. Said of her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

stay connected!

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> music for the winter solstice and a happy new year Jen Starsinic 01:13:08 dark slowed-down piano and an eerie sonic forest of bleep-bloops soundtrack and aimless meandering through the longest night of the year. inspired by the winter solstice, this episode of synthquest embraces the darkness and wishes you a very happy new year. dark slowed-down piano and an eerie sonic forest of bleep-bloops soundtrack and aimless meandering through the longest night of the year. inspired by the winter solstice, this episode of synthquest embraces the darkness and wishes you a very happy new year. new year, female musician, electronic music, synthesizer, piano, relaxing music, study music, winter, sleep music, composing, musician, autumn, binaural beats, winter solstice, yoga music, relaxing, meditation music, live performance, soundscape, independent music, background music, peaceful, wellness, ambient music, improvisation, jen starsinic, composer, music composition no full 10 477b52a3-f9af-4529-a9df-ff21203e827c music for turkeys this thanksgiving, I hope you enjoy "music for turkeys"! I actually have a small band of turkeys that frequents my neighborhoods and their blissful strolls (here in the city, definitely no one is eating these turkeys) and soft little "gobble gobbles" are a frequent soundtrack to my daily life. 

i'm happy to share them with you to say THANK YOU for being part of the synthquest journey with me. I hope this soundscape/down tempo dream-pop track can be a pleasant soundtrack for an evening walking-off-the-pie walk. for those not in the US - I hope you're having an incredible regular old thursday, and know that during our holiday of gratitude, I'm grateful for you! 

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. introduction - 0:00
  2. "music for turkeys" music begins - 2:23

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

stay connected!

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> Thu, 25 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000 jen@jenstarsinic.com (Jen Starsinic) https://synthquest.simplecast.com/episodes/music-for-turkeys-pNid3r6K this thanksgiving, I hope you enjoy "music for turkeys"! I actually have a small band of turkeys that frequents my neighborhoods and their blissful strolls (here in the city, definitely no one is eating these turkeys) and soft little "gobble gobbles" are a frequent soundtrack to my daily life. 

i'm happy to share them with you to say THANK YOU for being part of the synthquest journey with me. I hope this soundscape/down tempo dream-pop track can be a pleasant soundtrack for an evening walking-off-the-pie walk. for those not in the US - I hope you're having an incredible regular old thursday, and know that during our holiday of gratitude, I'm grateful for you! 

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. introduction - 0:00
  2. "music for turkeys" music begins - 2:23

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

stay connected!

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> music for turkeys Jen Starsinic 00:30:19 blissful dream-pop with lots of synth-y "gobble gobbles" celebrates turkeys per a listener request to celebrate thanksgiving — inspired by the real band of turkeys that runs my neighborhood, I'm happy to share with you to say how thankful I am for you! blissful dream-pop with lots of synth-y "gobble gobbles" celebrates turkeys per a listener request to celebrate thanksgiving — inspired by the real band of turkeys that runs my neighborhood, I'm happy to share with you to say how thankful I am for you! dream pop, live music, female musician, electronic music, synthesizer, improv, piano, relaxing music, study music, thanksgiving music, sleep music, nashville, indie music, composing, musician, binaural beats, turkey, meditation music, down tempo, thanksgiving, soundscape, turkeys, wellness, ambient no full 9 aff9018a-5700-443e-8797-6a31d9e38bf1 unwind, smile, be present one of the coolest things to me about improvisation to me is getting to hear exactly what a musician wants to play in that moment.

not a song that came together years before, about an ex they've now gotten over.

not one that they're mostly tired of at this point and has been rehearsed and is played with a band of hired guns who on that particular night would honestly just rather be at home instead of sleeping on a bus.

not an interaction that was manufactured, but one that can only be had with genuine presence.

being live, truly live, inside that kind of conversation, 100% in the moment, is totally thrilling to me. as a musician, it's honestly just truly, genuinely f**ing fun — which i can totally hear and is a big theme today's episode of synthquest.

i've been really overworked here approaching the end of the year, so when i sat down to play wednesday night it was all about me not having to think, being present, letting it flow, and just having fun.

unabashedly selfish joy-jams like this for me often end up more dream-pop than ambient. perhaps this improv is pulling double duty workshopping production ideas for the next album of songs I make... which is pretty cool to share with you.

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. Introduction - 0:00
  2. "unwind, smile, be present" music begins - 4:16

 

about synthquest

synthquest is a twice weekly ambient improvisation that is recorded live on Twitch on Mondays and Wednesdays. synthquest was born out of my desire to have a way to have a music practice in real time with listeners. there's a long history and tradition of music as improvisatory, spontaneous communication that really is quite different from the way we consume music now as album that get produced and perfect, sometimes over years. 

it also is a practice in sharing the creative journey of becoming — i've met so many people who feel like they can't make art because it's not perfect, so I wanted to pull back the curtain on my own creative and learning process. because synthquest is improvised, you will hear me trying out sounds and probably making mistakes — it's all part of the fun and the journey. in real time and in real life, no one is perfect — neither are you and neither am i. 

 

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

 

links

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> Sat, 6 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000 jen@jenstarsinic.com (Jen Starsinic) https://synthquest.simplecast.com/episodes/unwind-smile-be-present-LZIueSXa one of the coolest things to me about improvisation to me is getting to hear exactly what a musician wants to play in that moment.

not a song that came together years before, about an ex they've now gotten over.

not one that they're mostly tired of at this point and has been rehearsed and is played with a band of hired guns who on that particular night would honestly just rather be at home instead of sleeping on a bus.

not an interaction that was manufactured, but one that can only be had with genuine presence.

being live, truly live, inside that kind of conversation, 100% in the moment, is totally thrilling to me. as a musician, it's honestly just truly, genuinely f**ing fun — which i can totally hear and is a big theme today's episode of synthquest.

i've been really overworked here approaching the end of the year, so when i sat down to play wednesday night it was all about me not having to think, being present, letting it flow, and just having fun.

unabashedly selfish joy-jams like this for me often end up more dream-pop than ambient. perhaps this improv is pulling double duty workshopping production ideas for the next album of songs I make... which is pretty cool to share with you.

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. Introduction - 0:00
  2. "unwind, smile, be present" music begins - 4:16

 

about synthquest

synthquest is a twice weekly ambient improvisation that is recorded live on Twitch on Mondays and Wednesdays. synthquest was born out of my desire to have a way to have a music practice in real time with listeners. there's a long history and tradition of music as improvisatory, spontaneous communication that really is quite different from the way we consume music now as album that get produced and perfect, sometimes over years. 

it also is a practice in sharing the creative journey of becoming — i've met so many people who feel like they can't make art because it's not perfect, so I wanted to pull back the curtain on my own creative and learning process. because synthquest is improvised, you will hear me trying out sounds and probably making mistakes — it's all part of the fun and the journey. in real time and in real life, no one is perfect — neither are you and neither am i. 

 

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

 

links

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> unwind, smile, be present Jen Starsinic 01:01:44 feel good, dream-pop ambience that you don't have to think too much about marks “unwind, smile, be present”, episode 8 of synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes. mid-way through a long week, I want to not think too much and celebrate the flow state inherent in improvisation. let it be the soundtrack to your own unwinding this weekend. (this improvisation was recorded live wednesday nov. 3rd during the synthquest twice weekly livestream) feel good, dream-pop ambience that you don't have to think too much about marks “unwind, smile, be present”, episode 8 of synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes. mid-way through a long week, I want to not think too much and celebrate the flow state inherent in improvisation. let it be the soundtrack to your own unwinding this weekend. (this improvisation was recorded live wednesday nov. 3rd during the synthquest twice weekly livestream) dream pop, relaxation, female musician, electronic music, synthesizer, sound healing, study music, unwind, smile, sleep music, indie music, composing, binaural beats, music performance, livestream, be present, meditation music, depression, flow, soundscape, keyboards, background music, mental health, wellness, ambient music, jen starsinic no full 8 4847ba31-0e80-46dd-b984-2ed7403e9050 slow dance since the pandemic started, I’ve been paying a lot more attention to rhythm. and specifically seeking out music to listen to and make that makes me want to move. divorced from the movement and pace of everyday life, my typical sad songs left me waterlogged and even more depressed, so instead I looked to music to help me reanimate. 

this improvisation starts out atmospheric and the rhythm comes in a slow development, each component part coming together slowly over time to form something, that when complete, feels… right and vibrant and living. like it was always meant to be there, like a picture that has come into focus.

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. Introduction - 0:00
  2. "slow dance" music begins - 5:28

 

about synthquest

synthquest is a twice weekly ambient improvisation that is recorded live on Twitch on Mondays and Wednesdays. synthquest was born out of my desire to have a way to have a music practice in real time with listeners. there's a long history and tradition of music as improvisatory, spontaneous communication that really is quite different from the way we consume music now as album that get produced and perfect, sometimes over years. 

it also is a practice in sharing the creative journey of becoming — i've met so many people who feel like they can't make art because it's not perfect, so I wanted to pull back the curtain on my own creative and learning process. because synthquest is improvised, you will hear me trying out sounds and probably making mistakes — it's all part of the fun and the journey. in real time and in real life, no one is perfect — neither are you and neither am i. 

 

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

 

links

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> Sat, 30 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +0000 jen@jenstarsinic.com (Jen Starsinic) https://synthquest.simplecast.com/episodes/slow-dance-wH20eOYw since the pandemic started, I’ve been paying a lot more attention to rhythm. and specifically seeking out music to listen to and make that makes me want to move. divorced from the movement and pace of everyday life, my typical sad songs left me waterlogged and even more depressed, so instead I looked to music to help me reanimate. 

this improvisation starts out atmospheric and the rhythm comes in a slow development, each component part coming together slowly over time to form something, that when complete, feels… right and vibrant and living. like it was always meant to be there, like a picture that has come into focus.

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. Introduction - 0:00
  2. "slow dance" music begins - 5:28

 

about synthquest

synthquest is a twice weekly ambient improvisation that is recorded live on Twitch on Mondays and Wednesdays. synthquest was born out of my desire to have a way to have a music practice in real time with listeners. there's a long history and tradition of music as improvisatory, spontaneous communication that really is quite different from the way we consume music now as album that get produced and perfect, sometimes over years. 

it also is a practice in sharing the creative journey of becoming — i've met so many people who feel like they can't make art because it's not perfect, so I wanted to pull back the curtain on my own creative and learning process. because synthquest is improvised, you will hear me trying out sounds and probably making mistakes — it's all part of the fun and the journey. in real time and in real life, no one is perfect — neither are you and neither am i. 

 

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

 

links

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> slow dance Jen Starsinic 01:11:19 atmospheric rain sounds slowly evolve into a down-tempo sort of rhythm in “slow dance”, episode 7 of synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes. a perfect soundtrack to an evening walk or to get a slow movement flow going to move through stagnation and depression, this improvisation was recorded live wednesday oct. 27 during the synthquest twice weekly livestream. atmospheric rain sounds slowly evolve into a down-tempo sort of rhythm in “slow dance”, episode 7 of synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes. a perfect soundtrack to an evening walk or to get a slow movement flow going to move through stagnation and depression, this improvisation was recorded live wednesday oct. 27 during the synthquest twice weekly livestream. relaxation, female musician, electronic music, synthesizer, sound healing, study music, sleep music, indie music, composing, binaural beats, music performance, livestream, meditation music, depression, down tempo, soundscape, keyboards, background music, mental health, wellness, ambient music, jen starsinic no full 7 78643cef-f028-493b-8b30-9e31791ab817 music for early autumn welcome to synthquest: improvised, ambient soundscapes! this week during the livestream, listeners played video games, did yoga sessions (or maybe just extended shavasana) and we celebrated more autumnal sounds: fall sounds so percussive and crunchy with a peaceful ominousness from the sounds of crows and a chill in the air. listening to the sounds of fall so intensively, I 100% get Halloween and spooky fall harvest festivals. it's one of my favorite times of year. i also encourage you to celebrate the season by sharing this episode with a friend! 

this week's improvised soundscape revolves around a field recording from my front porch — and I'm so excited to celebrate my current studio and home this way as I'm moving and this is our last synthquest episode coming to you from our current spot! stay tuned for more synthquest from my new, bigger studio that will even accomodate some musical guests being added to the mix. to check out the new spot, don't forget to tune into the livestream — mondays and wednesdays at 9pm CT at twitch.tv/jenstarsinic  (go hit 'follow' on Twitch to get notifications when we go live!)

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. introduction - 0:00
  2. "early autumn breeze" music begins - 4:57

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

stay connected!

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +0000 jen@jenstarsinic.com (Jen Starsinic) https://synthquest.simplecast.com/episodes/early-autumn-breeze-QSqO5HQt welcome to synthquest: improvised, ambient soundscapes! this week during the livestream, listeners played video games, did yoga sessions (or maybe just extended shavasana) and we celebrated more autumnal sounds: fall sounds so percussive and crunchy with a peaceful ominousness from the sounds of crows and a chill in the air. listening to the sounds of fall so intensively, I 100% get Halloween and spooky fall harvest festivals. it's one of my favorite times of year. i also encourage you to celebrate the season by sharing this episode with a friend! 

this week's improvised soundscape revolves around a field recording from my front porch — and I'm so excited to celebrate my current studio and home this way as I'm moving and this is our last synthquest episode coming to you from our current spot! stay tuned for more synthquest from my new, bigger studio that will even accomodate some musical guests being added to the mix. to check out the new spot, don't forget to tune into the livestream — mondays and wednesdays at 9pm CT at twitch.tv/jenstarsinic  (go hit 'follow' on Twitch to get notifications when we go live!)

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. introduction - 0:00
  2. "early autumn breeze" music begins - 4:57

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

stay connected!

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> music for early autumn Jen Starsinic 01:03:31 welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. like meditation music for music lovers! episode 6, "early autumn breeze", is a peaceful and joyful immersion into the sounds of early fall: crunching leaves in the wind, crows cawing, and a new sort of chill in the air. it also celebrates the real sounds of my front porch memorializing my last week in my current studio before I move to a new place. welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. like meditation music for music lovers! episode 6, "early autumn breeze", is a peaceful and joyful immersion into the sounds of early fall: crunching leaves in the wind, crows cawing, and a new sort of chill in the air. it also celebrates the real sounds of my front porch memorializing my last week in my current studio before I move to a new place. female musician, electronic music, synthesizer, piano, relaxing music, study music, fall, sleep music, nashville, indie music, composing, musician, autumn, binaural beats, yoga music, relaxing, meditation music, live performance, soundscape, independent music, background music, peaceful, wellness, ambient music, improvisation, jen starsinic no full 6 f7f4a4aa-eb97-45db-8232-3fa3cb6202eb ocean welcome to synthquest: improvised, ambient soundscapes! i've loved hearing about what you do when you listen to synthquest and how it has served as a soundtrack to your meditations, creative work, study sessions, and video gaming. this week's episode was recorded during this week's monday livestream and features field recordings of ocean sounds from my vacation last week to the gulf of mexico. one night, we went to the beach to stargaze (venus and saturn were both viewable!) — a storm was rolling in, the waves were getting to be a little choppy, and i was struck that night and the whole trip by the mysterious, unknowable, uncontrollable depths of ocean and its inhabitants. 

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. Introduction - 0:00
  2. "ocean" music begins - 5:45

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

links

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
  • ocean sounds recorded using an iPhone 6
]]> Thu, 7 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +0000 jen@jenstarsinic.com (Jen Starsinic) https://synthquest.simplecast.com/episodes/ocean-oFndI3vL welcome to synthquest: improvised, ambient soundscapes! i've loved hearing about what you do when you listen to synthquest and how it has served as a soundtrack to your meditations, creative work, study sessions, and video gaming. this week's episode was recorded during this week's monday livestream and features field recordings of ocean sounds from my vacation last week to the gulf of mexico. one night, we went to the beach to stargaze (venus and saturn were both viewable!) — a storm was rolling in, the waves were getting to be a little choppy, and i was struck that night and the whole trip by the mysterious, unknowable, uncontrollable depths of ocean and its inhabitants. 

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. Introduction - 0:00
  2. "ocean" music begins - 5:45

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

links

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
  • ocean sounds recorded using an iPhone 6
]]> ocean Jen Starsinic 00:48:34 welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. like meditation music for music lovers! episode 4, "ocean" features the incredibly soothing sounds of ocean field recordings I took on a recent trip to the florida coast of the gulf of mexico. welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. like meditation music for music lovers! episode 4, "ocean" features the incredibly soothing sounds of ocean field recordings I took on a recent trip to the florida coast of the gulf of mexico. inspiring, waves, relaxation, ocean, wave sounds, female musician, electronic music, synthesizer, piano, relaxing music, study music, independent musician, ambience, sleep music, nashville, indie music, composing, musician, ocean sounds, binaural beats, coastal music, relaxing, meditation music, live performance, soundscape, background music, wellness, ambient music, improvisation, jen starsinic no full 5 2f6b18be-a519-4037-bde0-8d583c8d3d78 rain welcome to synthquest: improvised, ambient soundscapes! what do you call a bear that got stuck in  rainstorm? thank you to a livestream listener for the rain themed dad-jokes to accompany our soundscape inspired by all the very best sounds of a rainy day. it had been raining for 4-5 days in Nashville when I recorded this — deep in the peaceful lull of a grey storm: rain, thunder, wind and all. i have to say, this soundscape was one of my favorites, just like lazy, rainy days are my favorites. 

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. Introduction - 0:00
  2. "rain" music begins - 3:23

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

links

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> Thu, 30 Sep 2021 05:00:00 +0000 jen@jenstarsinic.com (Jen Starsinic) https://synthquest.simplecast.com/episodes/rain-drizzly-bear-EZwWZiqc welcome to synthquest: improvised, ambient soundscapes! what do you call a bear that got stuck in  rainstorm? thank you to a livestream listener for the rain themed dad-jokes to accompany our soundscape inspired by all the very best sounds of a rainy day. it had been raining for 4-5 days in Nashville when I recorded this — deep in the peaceful lull of a grey storm: rain, thunder, wind and all. i have to say, this soundscape was one of my favorites, just like lazy, rainy days are my favorites. 

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. Introduction - 0:00
  2. "rain" music begins - 3:23

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

links

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> rain Jen Starsinic 01:21:17 welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. like meditation music for music lovers! episode 4, "rain (drizzly bear)" is all the best sounds from a rainy day. (this episode is a long one — we really got lost in it, just like the real thing.) welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. like meditation music for music lovers! episode 4, "rain (drizzly bear)" is all the best sounds from a rainy day. (this episode is a long one — we really got lost in it, just like the real thing.) relaxation, female musician, thunderstorm, electronic music, synthesizer, piano, study music, independent musician, sleep music, nashville, pianist, indie music, composing, binaural beats, cozy, relaxing, meditation music, live performance, soundscape, rainy day, rain, background music, peaceful, wellness, ambient music, improvisation no full 4 6569b987-41d3-431e-8e62-f2360d5dec05 autumn equinox welcome to synthquest: improvised, ambient soundscapes! i've loved hearing about what you do when you listen to synthquest and how it has served as a soundtrack to your meditations, creative work, study sessions, and video gaming. this week's episode was recorded on the 2021 autumn equinox marking the coming of fall — both the excitement for it and some apprehension as we approach winter still in the midst of a pandemic. i took a walk in the cool fall weather today and thought all day about what good fall sounds would be — in true spontaneity, the starting sounds of this improvisation were actually inspired by an organ sound I heard in the background of a tv show that struck me as appropriately haunting.

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. Introduction - 0:00
  2. "autumn equinox" music begins - 5:28

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

links

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:25:32 +0000 jen@jenstarsinic.com (Jen Starsinic) https://synthquest.simplecast.com/episodes/autumn-equinox-l1P_jlHy welcome to synthquest: improvised, ambient soundscapes! i've loved hearing about what you do when you listen to synthquest and how it has served as a soundtrack to your meditations, creative work, study sessions, and video gaming. this week's episode was recorded on the 2021 autumn equinox marking the coming of fall — both the excitement for it and some apprehension as we approach winter still in the midst of a pandemic. i took a walk in the cool fall weather today and thought all day about what good fall sounds would be — in true spontaneity, the starting sounds of this improvisation were actually inspired by an organ sound I heard in the background of a tv show that struck me as appropriately haunting.

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. Introduction - 0:00
  2. "autumn equinox" music begins - 5:28

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET/2am GMT. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

links

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> autumn equinox Jen Starsinic 01:01:27 welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. like meditation music for music lovers! episode 3, "autumn equinox", is a trance music-y wistful celebration of the coming of fall, recorded on the first day of fall. welcome to synthquest: relaxing, ambient soundscapes, 100% improvised, unedited, live and of the moment. like meditation music for music lovers! episode 3, "autumn equinox", is a trance music-y wistful celebration of the coming of fall, recorded on the first day of fall. inspiring, female musician, electronic music, synthesizer, piano, relaxing music, study music, independent musician, ambience, fall, sleep music, nashville, indie music, composing, musician, autumn, binaural beats, relaxing, meditation music, live performance, soundscape, background music, wellness, ambient music, improvisation, jen starsinic no full 3 d60598a1-904c-47a7-9e17-b9a876811739 eye of the storm welcome to synthquest: improvised, ambient soundscapes! i could not be more thrilled to share this spontaneous (and soothing) creation with you. this week's episode was hurricane themed by listener-request while they waited for Hurricane Ida to pass. livestream listeners requested a dark ending (there was such an increasing fatalistic energy around Ida coinciding with the climate report release). I hear hear some sounds in this episode that remind me of the tornado sirens that frequently sound here in Nashville. 

if you'd like to donate to support Hurricane Ida recovery in NOLA, I recommend donating to the Mutual Aid Response Network here: https://donorbox.org/ida

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. Introduction - 0:00
  2. "eye of the storm" - 3:40

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

links

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:03:40 +0000 jen@jenstarsinic.com (Jen Starsinic) https://synthquest.simplecast.com/episodes/eye-of-the-storm-OIqiWyk2 welcome to synthquest: improvised, ambient soundscapes! i could not be more thrilled to share this spontaneous (and soothing) creation with you. this week's episode was hurricane themed by listener-request while they waited for Hurricane Ida to pass. livestream listeners requested a dark ending (there was such an increasing fatalistic energy around Ida coinciding with the climate report release). I hear hear some sounds in this episode that remind me of the tornado sirens that frequently sound here in Nashville. 

if you'd like to donate to support Hurricane Ida recovery in NOLA, I recommend donating to the Mutual Aid Response Network here: https://donorbox.org/ida

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. Introduction - 0:00
  2. "eye of the storm" - 3:40

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Monday and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

links

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> eye of the storm Jen Starsinic 00:43:48 For this week's relaxing, ambient, improvised soundscape: we had some New Yorkers join us in the Twitch stream last week while the city was weathering Hurricane Ida. They requested some hurricane-vibes so today's episode, "eye of the storm" is inspired by Hurricane Ida. It may be less relaxing than some, but beautiful all the same! For this week's relaxing, ambient, improvised soundscape: we had some New Yorkers join us in the Twitch stream last week while the city was weathering Hurricane Ida. They requested some hurricane-vibes so today's episode, "eye of the storm" is inspired by Hurricane Ida. It may be less relaxing than some, but beautiful all the same! relaxation, female musician, synthesizer, sleep, music, relaxing music, nord, synth, sleep music, musician, music performance, meditation music, soundscape, mindfulness, korg, meditation, ambient music, improvisation no full 2 3a9b7057-3ccc-4694-917b-187f99420706 sunrise welcome to synthquest: improvised, ambient soundscapes! I could not be more thrilled to share it with you and that what started as a pandemic project to stay in touch with my creative self and try and lower my anxiety level a little bit is now coming over the airways to all of you!  This first episode, "sunrise", is a particularly relaxing and hopeful one.

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. Introduction - 0:00
  2. "sunrise" - 3:02

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Sundays at 4pm CT/5pm ET and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

links

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> Thu, 2 Sep 2021 08:51:00 +0000 jen@jenstarsinic.com (Jen Starsinic) https://synthquest.simplecast.com/episodes/sunrise-hSL_Xcj6 welcome to synthquest: improvised, ambient soundscapes! I could not be more thrilled to share it with you and that what started as a pandemic project to stay in touch with my creative self and try and lower my anxiety level a little bit is now coming over the airways to all of you!  This first episode, "sunrise", is a particularly relaxing and hopeful one.

i highly recommend listening to synthquest through headphones. i'll also suggest settling into someplace comfortable to listen, or listening during a bath, massage, on a walk, while you make dinner — basically wherever you go or whatever you do to relax and decompress.

episode timeline

  1. Introduction - 0:00
  2. "sunrise" - 3:02

about jen starsinic

synthquest is created by Jen Starsinic, a music maker and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville, TN. Jen is also the co-founder and artistic director of Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit organization providing music mentorship and creative community to youth artists, as featured on NBC's Today Show and NPR's Here & Now. About her last studio release, EP Bad Actor —"there is a blissful aura that surrounds Starsinic’s sound, making for one of 2020’s must-hear albums."

about synthquest

synthquest is recorded live and livestreamed on Twitch currently on Sundays at 4pm CT/5pm ET and Wednesdays at 9pm CT/10pm ET. It is 100% improvised and unedited.

links

performed using...

  • Korg Minilogue XD
  • Nord Electro 5D
  • Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory
]]> sunrise Jen Starsinic 00:29:17 welcome to episode one — our first episode!!! — of synthquest: improvised, ambient soundscapes. It's like meditation music or binaural beats but for music lovers. episode 1, "sunrise", envisions the dark night before dawn and the renewed light of morning. welcome to episode one — our first episode!!! — of synthquest: improvised, ambient soundscapes. It's like meditation music or binaural beats but for music lovers. episode 1, "sunrise", envisions the dark night before dawn and the renewed light of morning. relaxation, female musician, synthesizer, sleep, music, relaxing music, nord, synth, sleep music, musician, music performance, meditation music, korg, meditation, ambient music, improvisation no full 1