365 Day 78: Poof

after jamming with my lovelies in No Dice, before performing with my lovelies in Your Neck of the Woods. to get a better feel for percussive stuff on the electric for a piece I'm writing for it.

365 Day 78: Poof by daveriedstra

365 Day 77: Fly You Fools

Turned out nice, even though I wasn't warmed up or anything.

365 Day 77: Fly You Fools by daveriedstra

365 Day 68: Dark

kind-of an extended techniques sampler.

365 Day 67: Dark by daveriedstra

365 Day 61: Solo Ruler 4

These ruler improvisations are getting better I think, as I run out of different sounds I can make with it, I'm forced to try to make it sound different in different ways.

I'll be honest, I was climbing into bed when I remembered I still had to do this today.

365 Day 61: Ruler 4 by daveriedstra

365 Day 58: Improvisation on solo ruler 2

Went and opened for the acorn tonight. was good. a little sick of playing an obscenely big instrument. and the usual.

leave a comment if you're listening?

365 Day 58: Improvisation on solo ruler 2 by daveriedstra

365 Day 57: Soda

For solo ruler.

Also, if you're wondering, I'm operating on the sleep-wake model of day rather than the 24-hr model. that is, this still counts as march 2nd's recording, because I haven't gone to bed yet. I guess it's sort of a cop out, but uh... get over it. it's my project anyway.

365 Day 57: Soda by daveriedstra

365 Day 50: Gimme a Sec

Day 50 of 365! so to celebrate, I played a gig with No Dice, planned a gig for tomorrow night with Your Neck of the Woods, and uploaded the live set from our house concert (Feb 17) to my myspace!

365 Day 50: Gimme a sec by daveriedstra

365 Day 49: Envy

envious of this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwcPon5FzPg&feature=related

365 Day 49: Envy by daveriedstra

Also sounds good on the chipmunk bass:
Envy (chipmunks) by daveriedstra

365 Day 48: dry sparse snow sideroads

all acoustic, all piano. three tracks: one ebowed, one pizz, one low. all improvised. inspired by amiina and monolyth & cobalt. feat. my noisy family and our dog, Rock.

365 Day 48: dry sparse snow sideroads by daveriedstra

365 Day 43: Not Feeling It

Turns out I was feeling it.

Solo set tomorrow. very nervous. As long as I get tired enough, channeling emotion should be easy

365 Day 43: Not Feeling It by driedstr

365 Day 41: Not About Valentine's Day

Nope. Definitely not.

365 Day 41: Not About Valentine's Day by driedstr

365 Day 40: AgainZ

Becoming more inclined to just sit and relax these days.

Also, I'm just going to say it: some of these titles have very little relevance to the tunes, because I have to choose a title for the file before actually improvising the piece.

inspired by Monolyth and Cobalt

365 Day 40: AgainZ by driedstr

365 Day 39: Let the sound out

One thing I absolutely LOVE when I come home is that we have a Very Nice Piano. And by that I mean a "Wagner" baby grand piano. this is [my mom's computer's interpretation of] part of what it can do.

I'm not sure if the "Aviary" player will work, so I published it to soundcloud as well. enjoy!

Let the sound out by driedstr

Let the sound out.egg on Aviary.

(it also does church hymns and pop tunes)

365 Day 38: Anicca

not warmed up or anything. losing my general "feel". I don't know why.

365 Day 38: Anicca by driedstr

365 Day 32: The Wooly

So I guess yesterday's recording was accompanied by a bit of melancholy chatter, which I'll have to revise sometime later. Today I'm also a little buzzed, but in a much better mood. Just came from a great show at the Woolwich Arrow, one of my favourite bars in guelph. Played with and for a lovely bunch of people, and had a lovely bunch of beers.

It's also the one month anniversary of this project. something cooler to come tomorrow, I have the whole day to me, grocery shopping, and homework.

365 Day 32: The Wooly by driedstr

365 Day 31: This Pattern

This pattern of thought leads to nothing productive.

This pattern of thought is not productive. Though I spent the evening performing good jazz music with No Dice and a combo consisting of Ryan Turner, Danny B, Leah Horzempa, and Adam Malcolm, and getting drunk in atrium thereafter; my thoughts were filled with debates about "moving on" and such. Hada good talk with Jenn.

This is getting to be a bit of a blog, I guess, eh?

365 Day 31: This Pattern by driedstr

365 Day 30: Dizzly

thanks to the snow day yesterday, I got a handful of auxiliary to-do's done. This does not make me rich, and I still have things to do, so I don't know why I'm still going out for wings...

Scofield associations not intended.

365 Day 30: Dizzly by driedstr

...yeah, they were...

365 Day 28: Nothing

Almost forgot to do this one.

365 Day 28: Nothing by driedstr

365 Day 27: You Were Once Within Arm's Reach

Free improvisation on how long four and a half months are.

not really warmed up, and my hands really hurt in general.

365 Day 27: You Were Once Within Arm's Length by driedstr

365 Day 26: Afternoon

Lazy afternoon, only one home, sunlight streaming in on the couch, things are quiet and I have things I need to do but I don't want to do any of them.

365 Day 26: Afternoon by driedstr