The Hitchhiker's Guide to an Active Archive/Music Protocol/Scratch Orchestra

Protocoller: Introduce the Scratch Orchestra.

Performer: Scratch Orchestra is an experimental music ensamble that was founded in 1969 by Cornelius Cardew, Michael Parsons and Howard Skempton. The orchestra was a blend of trained and non-trained musicians who performed from scratch using graphic scores instead of traditional noted music promoting free play and experimentation. As defined in the early manifesto, it was "a large number of enthusiasts pooling their resources (not primarily material resources) and assembling for action (music-making, performance, edification)" The constitution also distinguished between four types of activities to be performed: Improvisation Rites, Popular Classics, Compositions, and Research Projects.

Protocoller: Roll a 10 sided dice. 

Navigator: I'll pass this decision on to Ground Control.

🎵 Play Connecting to the ether track Connecting_to_the_ether.mp3

Navigator: Okay, answers are in!
Protocoller: Announce outcome of the diceroll.
Performer: We rolled [N].

Protocoller: Play the first [N] minutes of TREATISE.

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