also, it was the "ooh, you want to be punk/noise and play sloppy and loud, let me just take this to the next level" ... performative oneupsmanship ... there's a lot of that in improv too
― sarahell, Friday, 26 July 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
i feel like once you get to a certain age/level of familiarity with a genre or scene things blend together and a certain jadedness and impatience can set in. And that's something I discuss w/friends who are also musicians quite a bit. Relatedly, how to combat that in terms of what you do. Like, I always feel the need to push myself artistically, to challenge myself. Whether it's on a technical level, or experimenting with a different aesthetic, or just doing things that I might feel uncomfortable doing? ... So, I have this project I do ... not very often ... because it's really just one composition/piece. The first few times it was a group called "Secretarial Pool" ... then a friend asked me to play and do that project but I was so exhausted from my job which entailed organizing artists to do various things, that I was like, "I'll do it, but solo, if that's ok with you?" and she was fine with that. So it became "Office Assistant" ... anyway, it was in between sets, a few before I played (this was one of those 5 band bill noise/experimental shows), and a friend (different friend) suggested, you should just really go for it and like take your shirt off during your set. .... And I said, "Actually, that would be great." ... So I did. Part of the way. Like, I don't think anything was actually exposed because the shirt had weird buttons in the back and it was kinda hard to remove while playing what I was playing musically. ... Again, probably not a suitable anecdote for your teenagers.
― sarahell, Friday, 26 July 2019 20:13 (four years ago) link
... it was not inappropriate for the show/venue just fyi ... quite tame compared to other things that have happened there ... it used to be a co-op space that I was a member of ... and, oh geez, that whole enterprise -- running a DIY venue -- would be a whole separate thread. I have so many stories. .... With just this space alone.
― sarahell, Friday, 26 July 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
If you are reading this, Milton Parker, you can easily verify this.
About to perform with Ben Verdery's guitar orchestra
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Saturday, 27 July 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
xpost Secretarial Pool / Office Assistant is an amazing project, glad that one is still going
― Milton Parker, Friday, 2 August 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
^^ dude's band just put out a new album or something
― sarahell, Friday, 2 August 2019 23:02 (four years ago) link
Just bought a bass
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
nice, what kind?
last week i bought my first electric guitar and amp. unfortunately, just like my drums, i can't play them in my apartment at any decent volume. wondering how my blues jr IV sounds when it's cranked up past 1
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
Lol @ cranked to 1
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
seriously, it's so sad. it's not even out of 10 - the master volume goes up to 12!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 16:21 (four years ago) link
It reminds me of when someone is dancing really timidly when you know they want to just let it rip Always sad but also amusing
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 16:24 (four years ago) link
Gotta get one of those OX boxes :P
https://www.uaudio.com/hardware/ox.html
― DJI, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
Is there no joy in headphone jamming?
The album that I finished back in January is finally coming out, one song streaming rn:https://astralplanerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/seven-sphereshttps://open.spotify.com/track/4KX7jL8yZv5dJvW9VqQ1De?fbclid=IwAR0rT_N-Sxn9RqzasN_JWFOhxJu6aYFOremfgqyts-IyfXlYIs4YPHz6v0g
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 18:18 (four years ago) link
started listening to guided by voices last week. life is good. dont want the honeymoon phase to end
― boobie, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 18:24 (four years ago) link
i really want to headphone jam! unfortunately my amp doesn't have an output jack
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
What? Can you get an adapter?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
i'll probably just end up getting some sort of cheap headphone amp (Vox Amplug?) while the actual amp sits in the corner collecting dust
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 18:34 (four years ago) link
A used but good Peavey; $90 CAD including the case. I was looking for something inexpensive for teaching bass lessons. This is better than what I expected to find.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
karl i was just reading about switching out the tubes in my fender hot rod deville, and apparently lots of people do that to give fender amps more room on the lower end of the volume knob. tubes cost like $12 and are supposed to be easy to swap out, so it might be worth a try.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
caveat, i don't actually know anything about this stuff
― na (NA), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 19:57 (four years ago) link
that is intriguing! i'll probably hold off on modding anything until at least next month. i'm moving in a few weeks (location tbd) but hopefully my next place will be slightly more amenable to playing music, or at least be closer to a practice spot
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 20:00 (four years ago) link
I sang three of the solos from Five Mystical Songs at a church service on the last Sunday of July; it went well but my voice completely cracked on one of the Fs and I was SO ANGRY for days afterward
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 20:02 (four years ago) link
(xps) I have a Vox Amplug AC30 and it is surprisingly good.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYbS7ZIZ1Ag(this is not me in the video, btw)
― just another country (snoball), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 20:13 (four years ago) link
Some press about the festival where I'm playing tomorrow:https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/guitarists-descend-on-u-of-o-dominion-chalmers-for-a-weekend-of-cutting-edge-lectures-and-concertshttps://artsfile.ca/massive-guitar-gathering-at-uottawa-mixes-music-and-the-scientific-method/?fbclid=IwAR3iY4s_cysIiRcXWp7Vha2EpcAS58b87dAHeNSiFXwkQ_pgsYya2EtJJbw
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Thursday, 22 August 2019 01:39 (four years ago) link
One of my best friends, and a regular collaborator (we've had two bands together), has always made really interesting music. About two years ago he showed me these weird a cappella recordings he'd made, just him overdubbing his voice and singing. They are unquestionably some of the most interesting music I've ever heard, and stand head-and-shoulders over anything else he's made (or anything I've made, for that matter). It has the dense writing of Mary Lou Williams (a big influence on him) coupled with dense Ligeti fugues. They are completely bananas.
I told him I wanted to transcribe them for live performance. I've been asked to curate and compose for a concert to accompany the opening of the Rubens exhibition at the Art Gallery Of Ontario. (I'm having an antiphonal choir sing the final posted text from the Heaven's Gate cult, a suggestion aero made several years ago. I'm also arranging a couple of Julius Eastman pieces for two harpsichords, which will be performed-- the harpsichords are recreations of the Flemish harpsichords that would've been contemporaneous with Rubens.) We're also staging a performance of one of my friend's pieces.
It's ten-minutes long and is 27 overdubbed tracks of his voice. I am taking the day to transcribe it and arrange it for the antiphonal choir. I'm posting here because I'm really having a moment with his work, his is unquestionably some of the best and most interesting choral writing I've ever encountered and I can't wait til I'm done so I can send PDFs to all my friends to show them.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 22 August 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
The writing is so dense I'm having to go track-by-track-by-track. I'm really good at transcribing from mixes but this is just too complicated for my ears. So exciting.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 22 August 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
oooh this sounds incredible
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Thursday, 22 August 2019 16:40 (four years ago) link
Wow, that sounds amazing, I hope it will be recorded/released at some point (the solo version esp)?
My album is finally coming out tomorrow, and I'm actually really glad that I will be involved in attending/DJing/wrangling the PA for a friend's wedding this weekend, so that I don't get totally strung out on social media.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 22 August 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
Speaking of voices, my deep listening Pauline workshop went really well last night! 20 ppl showed up and we got lots of positive feedback. Very enjoyable to hear and make human voices
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 22 August 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
xxp - what Dan said! I wanna hear this!
I have a couple shows coming up next month (both solo, 2 different projects). The curator/booker for one of them is asking me about merch, and I feel like there are way too many tapes, cds, etc. and plus, it's only a month away, so I think I will do a zine. ... Maybe at some point, I will have an idea for a shirt design and do shirts.
― sarahell, Thursday, 22 August 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
Jordan I would like to listen to your album. I need to figure out how to beat do that bc my listening situation is messed up!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 22 August 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
Yeah yeah to different kinds of merch!! Toss me $15 and I’ll toss u a cool T-shirt. I’d like to make some merch actually but have been stuck.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 22 August 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
fgti that sounds like fascinating work
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Thursday, 22 August 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
LL - did my friend N0rman come to your workshop?
― sarahell, Thursday, 22 August 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
Ya DJP and sarahell it's right up both your alleys, I think. He hasn't made it available yet so I can't share it publicly but https://princenifty.bandcamp.com those are his albums. His albums are great but his choral work is beyond beyond.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 22 August 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
Thanks LL, aren't you doing mp3s these days? The workshop sounded really interesting btw.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 22 August 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
Hmmm I’m afraid I don’t remember a Norman. We did introductions and I got about 15/20 names for the email list however I do not have perfect name recall. Face, I could answer definitively! Jordan - I do mp3 but my download/device situation is in flux. I might try to use WiFi/streaming on my old phone but right now I’m “cds in the car” for most enjoyable listening experience lol
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 22 August 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
Sorry! I forgot to google proof!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 22 August 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
slender, african-american guy, kinda quiet
― sarahell, Thursday, 22 August 2019 17:18 (four years ago) link
No, afraid he was not there but I cordially invite him to give me his email address so he can stay abreast of our next one. I’m already plotting!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 22 August 2019 17:32 (four years ago) link
I am very impressed and inspired by everyone’s recent activity and output!I learned how to play Blackbord pretty well last night. I need to get that Pink Floyd butts poster to complete the experience
― Karl Malone, Friday, 23 August 2019 01:34 (four years ago) link
If and when this event happens and you are able to attend, you will see a copy of that poster on the wall of the hall: NYC FAJ? How many ilxors make music in the nyc area?
― TS: “8:05” vs. “905” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 August 2019 01:38 (four years ago) link
― TS: “8:05” vs. “905” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 August 2019 01:53 (four years ago) link
I got a work bonus with which I bought a Thinline Telecaster (a longtime lust object). I also ordered a bouzouki / octave mandolin, which isn't here yet.
― Rumspringsteen (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 23 August 2019 09:28 (four years ago) link
I was teaching bass (to relative beginners) over the past year, actually, and have done it before. I just didn't own one and was using a school's bass. As the song goes, that's nothing; you should hear me play piano.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 23 August 2019 11:10 (four years ago) link
I heard you play some nice numbers
― The Fearless Thread Killers (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 August 2019 12:17 (four years ago) link
FYI Jordan's album bangs
https://open.spotify.com/album/69dl4uZ2iHY1EYizzxHwXG?si=X3DIJ2L3Rpi3j7lGyIzFuQ
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Friday, 23 August 2019 12:39 (four years ago) link
Exhausting week is over. Performed my own composition at guitar festival on Thursday, played wedding ceremony + 2h of solo guitar music for the reception on Saturday, gave a lecture on my guitar composition work at the festival on Sunday. Took the day off except for one lesson today. The wedding reception was the longest I've ever played solo, unprocessed guitar in one stretch in front of people but I know I can do it now (at least one easy lower-level classical piece between every comparatively challenging piece, lots of improvising on standards; in the end, no one's listening that closely so it seems like you can do p much anything as long it's tonal and has a pulse).
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 00:20 (four years ago) link
I am arranging Julius Eastman's "Evil N" for duo double-harpsichord performance. I was excited to receive the score and then I received the score-- it is essentially just guidelines for improvisation. In order to effectively recreate the effect of four-pianos, I set about transcribing the work from audio. I have never engaged in such a mind-numbingly difficult and tedious job. I am finding myself needing to take breaks every 20 minutes. I am drinking water every break so, at the very least, I'm well-hydrated.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 23:54 (four years ago) link