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

• synthquest live stream: twitch.tv/jenstarsinic
• website & email list: jenstarsinic.com
• instagram: @jenstarsinic
• twitter: @jenstarsinic
• listen to jen's other music on spotify

performed using...

• Korg Minilogue XD
• Nord Electro 5D
• Electro-Harmonix 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory