Pacific Unitarian invites its congregants and the wider community to an indigenous music workshop and collaborative songwriting session led by music producer, Anthony “Antoine” Arivizu. The workshop and songwriting session will be held immediately after church services on Sunday, August 21st, 2022 from 12pm to 3pm.
During the workshop, Antoine Arivizu will be sharing his ancestral and professional knowledge of traditional and ancient Native American music as it has been used in ceremonies, storytelling, healing, and ancient music. He will lead musicians and non-musicians alike through an exploration of the five tone scales used by the indigenous Chumash and Tongva tribes of the Los Angeles Basin, and discuss similarities across both ancient and modern cultures.
The Indigenous Music workshop will culminate in the creation of a new collaborative congregational song intended to welcome people in friendship onto the Pacific Unitarian campus. All songwriters, musicians, and those who simply wish to learn to play are welcome to contribute to the community song.
As the workshop is only the first part of the Indigenous Music Project, participants will be invited to professionally record our congregational song at Arivizu’s Compound Studio. The Indigenous Music Project will then conclude with our song’s release to the public and be played for the first time in celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day on October 9, 2022.
About Antoine Arivizu:
Antoine Arivizu is the owner and manager of the Compound Studio in Signal Hill, a sanctuary of sound where would-be rock stars and world famous recording artists come seeking his services to capture that “Compound Sound,” a nuanced organic quality that remains difficult to describe, but can be felt on numerous films, television shows, and hit records across many genres. Some artists and producers of note include: Chicano Batman, Tijuana Panthers, Ryan Bingham (Grammy and Oscar winner for Crazy Heart), Marc Ford (The Black Crowes, Ben Harper, Booker T. Jones), Ikey Owens (Free Moral Agents, Jack White, The Mars Volta), Jay Buchanan, Rival Sons, and Sublime.
Arvizu began his music career as a drummer in the late 70s/early 80s as punk rock morphed into alternative rock. A founding member of Dr. Dream Records recording artists National Peoples Gang, he toured internationally before disbanding in the mid-90s; sharing the stage with such iconic bands as The Flaming Lips, Nirvana, Soundgarden, fIREHOSE and many more during those early days of “indie rock.
His recording career began in 1991 at the infamous Toledo Studio in Long Beach engineering for Sublime, Rocket From The Crypt, Big Drill Car and many more.
Indigenous Music Workshop: Sunday, August 21st 12pm – 3pm, in Hendrickson Hall
For more information email moed@pacificuntarian.org
Lunch and beverages will be available
