For whatever reason my website is down and the hosting provider is not reachable by phone or email. So I’ve transfered my domain and site to a new provider, but it may take a couple of days for these changes to propagate through the Web.
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I’ve begun posting music from each week’s sessions; to hear them click here. Since my current mode of operation revolves around real-time looping I’ve been recording pretty much everything and then going back each week to pick out the stuff that warrants further development. I’m exploring some hard disk recording methods since recording direct to CD has its limitations.
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Lots of stuff going on during the interim. I recently purchased an Akai EWI4000, which I’ve has occupied much of my free time. There’s a lot of power in this little wind synth, although it’s been a bit of a struggle getting the software editor to work on MacBook to actually edit and create new sounds since the laptop keeps crashing. But, we persevere. I’ve been doing some experiments with long delays and looping with the Akai and some interesting possibilities are presenting themselves due to this line of working.
Plans for Electro-Music 2007 are shaping. Besides a solo set in the theater on Sunday night, I’ll be giving a talk/demonstration on performing with just one synth. I’m also coordinating a jam with a bunch of other players over a two-hour period that should be a lot of fun.
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RIP Ian. I grew up with a keen interest in the Islands-era King Crimson, based mainly on Earthbound with its funky jams. Since then I’ve enjoyed every live release of this era that DGM has put out. But having said that, my favorite Ian Wallace performance is on Dylan’s No Time to Think. Although the tune is fairly repetitive, Ian kept up a nice variation of drum parts throughout the entire long piece. Besides being a great drummer, Ian was truly a very nice guy who wouldn’t hesitate to have a quick chat with anyone who asked. Fare thee well.
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About a month has passed since I last stopped in. In the meantime, the weather has been very cold. I finished all my base material for the collaboration with APK and I’m interested to hear what he comes back with. Much of the next synthblock album has been written, but I’m leaving it for a while to ruminate. I’ve gotten a little burnt out on playing electronic music so I’ve picked up the clarinet again. It took about a week to get my chops back up, but it’s been fun. I’ve been also experimenting with playing over some of the backing pads I put together for APK. It sounds a lot more interesting than I thought and I’m considering doing some of this at this year’s Electro-Music 2007 shows.
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