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11 Years Going Out Of My Head
Okay, that title was a little misleading. This is just a quick comment along the lines of "what happened to music in the 70’s?"
Exibit A
“Going Out Of My Head” by Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66:
(EDIT: The first video doesn’t allow embedding. I can’t find a better video, so click here to watch on [...]
B Minor Rhythmic Tenor Drone
Here’s a little audio sketch I threw together today. Just experimenting with using processed sax key popping as a rhythm track. By running it through a gate and an amp simulator, it sort of suggests both tambura and tabla. Improvised over it in B minor.
Simple recording rig: Electro-Voice RE20, E-mu 0404 USB, [...]
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Throat Singing Sound Check
I got an E-MU 0404 USB audio interface yesterday for simple home recording projects. I’ve been having a heck of a time getting it to run stably on my old Athlon XP 2600+ desktop. I wanted to try a few more experiments before contacting Creative Labs support, so I installed it on my [...]
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Check out Jackie McLean on Mars
Director Ken Levis created a compelling documentary about Jackie McLean in the mid-seventies. This was 14 years before my time at Hartt, but it offers some insight as to what my time in school was like. Also has some footage from the Artists Collective, where I taught saxophone lessons occasionally. The film [...]
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Upcoming Gig – Reid Stowe 1,000 Days at Sea Return Party – Jun 20
I’ve got a really cool gig coming up this Sunday with TSS YUKONAUGHTICA and friends! Seafaring adventurer Reid Stowe returned to New York City today from his record-setting 1,152 day ocean voyage. His journey was intended to simulate the theoretical 1,000+ day voyage from Earth to Mars. Sunday’s show is a welcome [...]
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But Beautiful Instant Recording Session
Here’s the video and recording from a session I played on Tuesday with the TSS Yukonaughtica crew. Guitarist Todd Colburn is creating a series of weekly recordings each recorded, mixed, edited, and released within 24 hours. I enjoyed the honor of participating in this week’s East Village basement recording of "But Beautiful":
You need [...]
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It’s Time! Album Art
Here’s another homework assignment from my Basic Graphic Arts class. We had to pick an album with horrible artwork and design a new cover. The professor wanted us to design a cover based on how the music made us feel. Then we’d present our ideas and designs to the class and listen [...]
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Macarena Sax Jam
This is a fun clip of an impromptu jam that broke out after our gig last Friday. The whole gig was a bit like this, featuring live musicians jamming with a DJ. Half the band has put its instruments away by the time we did this, though, and the DJ is holding the [...]
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