Marcus Staniec
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Marcus is a co-founder of this wiki.
He has a music school in Doylestown, Pennsylvania: http://nooknookmusic.com
and an insightful video channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/NotRightMusic
Games and activities in the library:
| 15 Cards | 15 index cards with various images on them are ordered to create a narrative. Players then go through the cards musically improvising what they see. |
| Animal Sounds | Choose an animal. Play an interpretation of it. Others try to guess what it is! A simple, but an extremely fun game that can be enjoyed by everyone from kids to adults! |
| Attack of the Rhythm Dancer | Surrounded by improvising Musicians sits The Prize. The Dancer has 2 minutes to reach it and win, but she also has a Weakness that will kill her. Will she make it on time? The Musicians play a Weakness to attack The Dancer, but only one attack is not enough… Explore the mysteries of The Dancer, The Musicians, The Prize, and The Weakness! |
| Diced Events | A fun free improv game that uses dice to control how many people will participate, what kind of atmosphere is to be played, and special ways to use instruments. |
| Event Lists Game Template | The Lego blocks (or Minecraft) of music games! Improvise by choosing lists while playing. One by one players quit until no players are left. A game that has endless possibilities in gameplay! |
| Game Over | Very rich game that is perfect for workshops. With it's many variants it can be adjusted to work with children or even with semi- or professional musicians. |
| Loop Cycle | A great game that is easy to teach and play. One player improvises a repeated loop. Other players join one by one, adding to the loop. The last player gets to do whatever s/he wants. Repeat with a different player. |
| Melody-Go-Round | A great little game for anyone from kids to seasoned musicians! The first player plays something, then the next person plays a variation of that, and it continues until it reaches the leader. A new leader then comes in and continues the fun! |
| Mood Guessing | Everyone thinks of a mood. Keep the moods secret. Improvise together. Everyone playing their own moods. At the end try to guess each other's moods. |
| Musical Tetris | Like in Tetris players must carefully fit sound between other sounds that drop into a pre-planned number of measures. No overlapping! Quick game that requires focus, tight rhythm and a bit of musicianship. |
| Room Score | Turn your room into one big graphic score! The conductor points to shapes around the room in a continuous line and the players react to it musically as if they were reading a graphic score. A fun little game for everyone! |
| Sound Collage Game Board | Individually travel around a colorful game board filled with various images and abstract designs that guide players to improvise a sound collage piece. |
| Stay In Character | Pick a Character with specific limited musical skills. Choose your skill paths wisely and experience the creative mysteries of this musical adventure! |
| The Audition | Quick solo improvised performances are auditioned to create 3 duo sets. The duos compete against each other to win the best performance. All conducted within a seamless stretch of music. |
| The Impersonator | Impersonate someone. The band interprets your impersonating movements into music. After one minute people try to guess who you were impersonating. Create interesting music and enjoy impersonating to have someone guess who it is. Fun for the whole world! |
| This Instrument is Not What it Seems | Secretly think of a musical instrument different than the one you have in your hand. Somehow play your real instrument as if it was the instrument you're thinking of. The audience has to guess the secret instrument. |
| Trading Fours Battle | A game-like spin on the timeless trading fours that has been passed around and used since the early days of be-bop sessions. |
| Where Are We? | Create a sound environment from a chosen location while a listener sits in the middle blindfolded and listens. The listener must guess what location is aurally being created. |
| Winking Murderer: The Musical | Someone in the group is a murderer. When he winks at the improvisers, they die (stop playing). But a detective is also at work, investigating, and ready to catch the Winking Murderer. Will he catch him in time, or will the bad guy prevail? A fast-paced, yet extremely fun music game. Based on the traditional kids game "The Winking Murderer." |
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