[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":165},["ShallowReactive",2],{"journal-portable-live-set":3,"journal-\u002Fjournal\u002Fportable-live-set-adjacent":71},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":58,"cover":59,"coverAlt":60,"date":61,"description":62,"extension":63,"meta":64,"navigation":65,"path":66,"readingTime":67,"seo":68,"stem":69,"__hash__":70},"journal\u002Fjournal\u002Fportable-live-set.md","Building a portable live set","Naya Arunika",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":52},"minimark",[10,14,19,22,35,38,45,49],[11,12,13],"p",{},"My ideal live setup fits into one backpack and can be ready in under ten\nminutes. 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The notebook exists so those things are not lost by morning.",[15,81,83],{"id":82},"write-it-down-before-it-becomes-a-song","Write it down before it becomes a song",[11,85,86],{},"The rule is simple: write the observation first, the music second. A line\nlike \"the rain made the neon louder\" is worth more at three in the morning\nthan a finished loop that explains itself.",[11,88,89],{},[41,90],{"alt":91,"src":92},"City lights seen from the hills above Bandung at night. Photograph by chrisinno, CC BY 2.0.","\u002Fimages\u002Fbandung-night-view-dago.jpg",[15,94,96],{"id":95},"the-almost-miss-is-the-point","The almost-miss is the point",[11,98,99],{},"Not every entry becomes something. That is fine. The notebook is less an\narchive of songs than a record of attention — proof that the walk home was\nlistened to.",[11,101,102],{},[41,103],{"alt":104,"src":105},"The city of Bandung glowing at night from a high vantage point. 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Every quiet note had somewhere to go.",[15,130,132],{"id":131},"making-space-between-songs","Making space between songs",[11,134,135],{},"That intimacy changed the way I arrange live sets. I now leave more space\nbetween songs, keep the transitions simple, and let the room contribute its\nown texture.",[11,137,138],{},[41,139],{"alt":140,"src":141},"Rain beading on a window with blurred lights behind it at night. Photograph by Defi22, CC BY-SA 4.0.","\u002Fimages\u002Frainy-lights.jpg",[15,143,145],{"id":144},"what-everyone-listens-to","What everyone listens to",[147,148,149],"blockquote",{},[11,150,151],{},"A performance is not just what is played. It is also what everyone agrees to\nlisten to together.",{"title":53,"searchDepth":54,"depth":54,"links":153},[154,155],{"id":131,"depth":54,"text":132},{"id":144,"depth":54,"text":145},"Live","City lights spreading across Bandung at night. 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