The Slow Music Project was created and directed by Bill Rieflin. It's approach was live performance of long-form improvisations working with ambient / textural / environmental music-ideas. A main concept behind The Slow Music Project was the use of space, or intentional not-playing. Here, space is not empty, but filled with listening. It is active. Openness and stillness become a part of the musical vocabulary, as well as density and activity, etc. Listening / not-playing is, at least, of equal value to listening / playing.