Intuitive Soundscapes Collections: feeltone D-Minor Collection Video & Behind the Scenes in Germany

The D-Minor Collection Video — Filmed in Germany with feeltone

We Play Well Together's Creative & Community Director Joule L'Adara traveled to Germany to work directly with our instrument builder the feeltone Company, helping create a series of videos for our Intuitive Soundscapes Collections. This post features the video for the D-Minor Collection — the first in the series to be released — along with behind-the-scenes photos and the story of how it came together.

Watch: D-Minor Collection — Instruments Made to Match

Watch how a group of people co-create sonic storytelling by weaving different timbres in and out of each other — building to a crescendo where all instruments play together at once. With our matched Intuitive Soundscapes Collections, any group of musicians (or non-musicians!) can create profound sound journeys. We recommend listening with headphones.

This video is the first in a four-part series — a collaboration between feeltone and We Play Well Together, with one video for each collection.

Meet the Players

The team playing instruments in this video:

• Ingo Böhme (founder of feeltone) — Tinka Tong D-Minor and Zenko Element D-Minor by Metal Sounds
• Martina Gläser-Böhme (creator of the feeltone Monochord Sound Massage Training) — feeltone Monolina in D
• Daniel Schuh (Director of Marketing, feeltone) — feeltone Monolini in D
• Katharina Vadersen (feeltone Marketing team; also created the Intuitive Soundscapes Collections graphic design and coordinated the entire video shoot) — Koshi D-Minor
• Joule L'Adara (We Play Well Together Creative Director) — Hokema Sansula in D-Minor

Director and camera operator Maik Riobort brought creative vision and humor to the shoot, and his daughter Anouk — Martina's granddaughter — danced in and around Lake Pulow, which sits within walking distance of the feeltone instrument workshop.

Behind the Scenes: A Week in Northern Germany

Joule's arrival in Germany was emotional — she had previously lived in Berlin but hadn't returned in 18 years. For this video series she served as musical director, endeavoring to share musical ideas in German she hadn't spoken regularly in some time. Fortunately, the feeltone team was kind and encouraging.

The group spent a week rehearsing in a garden house near feeltone headquarters:

Amazing discoveries were made about the instruments during rehearsal — even those who build them were delighted by new ways of playing. Long hours also called for jokes and play between takes:

Before the trip, Joule had spent weeks developing tuning recommendations for the instruments — particularly the new Tinka Tong D-Minor. Here's her floor during that process:

The Shoot Day: Lake Pulow at 7am

All four Intuitive Soundscapes Collections videos were shot in nearby outdoor locations within a single week. For the D-Minor Collection, the team gathered at 7am to tromp through the woods around Lake Pulow. The entire day was spent on location, with multiple takes from far and close. The shoot was powered by solar panels:

Intermittent rain meant repeatedly covering instruments and equipment, then setting up again. Left to right: Director Maik behind the camera, Audio Engineer Mo bringing gear through the woods in a wheelbarrow, and Katharina decorating the set:

Despite the challenges, there were many moments of lightness. The laughter at the opening of the video was a spontaneous moment — and it felt so right to begin with it:

Playing these instruments creates community, connection, and camaraderie — even among those who make and sell them:

After a long shoot day, the team jumped in the lake for a late-afternoon swim, followed by a team meal outdoors. (In Northern Germany in summer, it doesn't get dark until after 10pm!)

The Post-Production Story

Bringing this video to the public came with additional challenges. Wind had overloaded microphones during recording, and removing wind noise also stripped depth and color from the instruments. Multiple audio versions were creatively mixed together to preserve the instruments' vibrancy while avoiding digital distortion.

A key trick: using the actual sound of water — the dancer's splashing in the lake — to mask and balance the soundscape. Additional mixing and mastering was handled by audio pro Sean Savage of AR Media. Joule handled much of the editing herself in Pro Tools:

A DIY labor of love, over a year in the making. We hope this video inspires you to play well together and to discover what becomes possible when all the instruments in our Intuitive Soundscapes Collections are played as one.

Shop our Intuitive Soundscapes Collections D-Minor Collection below.