After treating themselves with cake, the Women Who Rock (Un)Conference attendees headed upstairs to join in on the ruckus in the front of the stage. Some people were propping up percussion and other instruments. A line of people with guitars and musical voices, a welcoming environment for anyone winning to join. The cypher has begun. What begins with q few beats of percussion, illuminates to a full collage of timbre and cuntrue. There’s a blend of language and cultural influence. There’s strong Latino influenced music, stomping feet, and music that transgresses to dancing bodies. People are encouraged to love forward, most are standing and participating In the musical energy. It’s a community, an exchange of pain and experience through musical next-generation–a cypher empathizing through music.

Johnathan Hill