Hive Open Mic ( #openmic ) is a global community celebrating live music on Hive. Each week is a new event, encouraging musicians to share songs with an international audience.
This is one of my favorite songs, as I find the message to be insightful and inspiring. It is written by Kate West. Here, I present it as a multi-track recording, created as a single live music loop of ~12 minutes, edited to its indented length in a way that displays the various pieces.
For anyone wondering about this week's Hive Open Mic theme, it happened synchronistically that we didn't have a chosen theme on time, so I just trusted my instincts and ran with the placeholder: "?" It's been a pleasure to see how various musicians in our community interpret this theme. Some think of it as a freestyle theme. Others think of it as a question. I think of it as a mystery.
It was a pleasure to learn this song, prompted by this week's mysterious theme. The music stayed in my mind for days, even without me playing it. In fact, it seemed like the song carried me, rather than me carrying the song. By the time I was ready to amp it up today, it flowed pretty effortlessly. I enjoyed the process, and I'm grateful to now know this song by heart.
The Mystery
Hive Open Mic - Week 69 is underway right now, with the current theme: “?.” We introduce new themes every Sunday, inviting musicians to share a common current. Musicians always have full freedom to bring whatever music feels inspired in the moment. There is still time to jump in and enjoy this week's Hive Open Mic event!