365 Day 362ish: Am I Wry? No

by the wonderful band Mew. Happy Mew Year!

takes me back

365 Day 361: ami demo

the rest of this cover to be finished tomorrow morning (vocals, mastering, touch up tracks, etc). points if you can guess which tune by what band it is before then.

I have discovered a numbering disparity. A while ago I switched from counting the days I had done to the days I had yet to do, but I foolishly dated back from the day the project started, not the day it should finish. so this SHOULD be day 362, or something. whatever, it's almost done.

posts from yesterday and the day before to come, they're still on my phone and I am le tired.

[edit] yesterday (360) and the day before (359).

[editt] oh no, this numbering stuff is off. I must've missed something more drastic somewhere.

365 Day 349: Eszett

finally sucked it up and bought a new xlr so my fancymic will work again. and it does.

the machine head for Donna Lee's D string broke, and Ibanez wants over $100 for a set of new ones, so I will probably cannibalize my p bass (featured here) for one until I can get home and cannibalize my other bass.

unplugged electric instruments.

365 Day 348: Mrh

feels like effort > rewards right now

365 Day 347: Improv Dec Tired o Clock

back from Michigan. realising how crazy my break is going to be.

recordings from the weekend to come tomorrow, hopefully. for now: guitar sounds!

365 Day 343: Together

two tracks recorded at a distance, playing something that should line up but with no reference to  each other.

365 Day 336: Hatchet

A piece I wrote for an "advanced ensemble" course I'm taking at school. started with a groove and expanded it into a piece. initial groove was the line that the sax and guitar synch up on after their kind of winding/interlocking duet intro. performing this at a recital tomorrow afternoon.

sax - danny b
guitar - joel saunders

drums - ryan turner

bass - yours truly

buried?

365 Day 303: Impending

chord progression improvised. flatwounds on my cort electric.

365 Day 302: Happiness

So this is a major third, the Western Art Music symbol for "happiness" some 150 years ago. (need we talk about the history of tonality).

lots of things make me question its validity.

365 Day 301: improv Nov 2

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365 Day 300: Pastiche

our advanced jazz ensemble instructor is quite enamored with the "dutch school" (mostly misha mengelberg, han bennink, and the ICP) and their high contrast almost pastiche, almost dadaist improvising. I'm not really that into the idea of contrast for it's own sake, it seems really heavy-handed, but those guys can seriously play.

65 more days.

also, in case you're new here or have been wondering, "hey, where are the recordings?" -- I've been having to link to them off-site. and I've been making the linked text less and less related and obvious lately, so the only link in a post is usually the link to the recording.

365 Day 293: Continue

I know I have a previous recording called continue, but this one's used as an imperative.

two bowed electric guitar tracks, three upright bass line-in tracks (to get a section sound), and a ton of reverb.

continue

365 Day 286: Improv Oct 18

more of these to come, busy week.

but honestly, it's in the best way possible.

365 Day 285: Improv Oct 17

Big things happening at the YNOTW show tomorrow night. Also, shows everywhere this week. tues, weds, thurs, friday, and saturday.

no rest for me.

365 Day 283: Improv Oct 15

pretty kaput. gigs and gigs coming and going.

365 Day 279: Rain in the Train

neato!

365 Day 278: Back to the

grind

(yes I was listening to a little dillinger earlier)

365 Day 271: Intertwine

going to have to tweak this idea a little, but it will probably appear in a quartet I'm writing.

365 Day 270: Messes of Men (cover)

mewithoutYou cover. should've actually memorized the lyrics and set up a click track... and tuned more thoroughly. but whatever. acoustic guitar and voice recorded same track with mic, two electric guitars and bass added later.

getting better at the clawhammer style I'm adopting from Ben.

I'd never want someone so crass as to want someone like me.

365 Day 265: Twang Guitar

inspired by my friend Joel Saunders, who is way better at this kind of thing on guitar than I am.