Archives: September 2008
Wed Sep 24, 2008
back from fretless fest
Well, it was quite an adventure -- sorry for those who may have tried to come out on Sunday: the venue that we were at on Saturday shut us out, claiming they didnt sell enough drinks at the bar :(
With nowhere to play at 5 pm and two hours before the event was to start, we split up, combing Manhattan and Brooklyn for a venue. We located one - Delancey's - and regrouped , kicking off at 10 pm with truncated sets.
At least the event went on, spirits were good, the energy high, and everyone's music great. Again, apologies for those who couldnt get to the new venue or didnt get word -- but i would love to come back to NY, and will plan to do so.
It was lovely to meet fretless colleagues from around the world -- many thanks to all for their great music and newly made friendships.
Helluva tribe we have going!
I should be posting video of the set in a day or two -- I'm having trouble getting it off the camera, but I did view it. Sound quality pretty poor, but its from a digital still camera in movie mode.
Using what I've outlined in a previous post, the work in preparation for NY was intense - 4 to 6 hours a night for several weeks - but in the end I think I had enough of a base to certainly go to NY with, although the stresses of Sunday's venue mash-up certainly took its toll against a completely optimum performance. Given those factors, it was what it was in its moment, and on that level, I'm reasonably happy with it.
I may try to do a better video under more controlled circumstances to showcase the instrument and current developments.
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Fri Sep 19, 2008
on the way to NY
leaving in a few hours for NYC but wanted to post pics of the new guitar -- so far so good, but ive really only had a few minutes to check it out... will premiere it on the fretless guitar festival gig Sunday.
the piece is going well, should be interesting...hope to see new yorkers there!
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Sat Sep 06, 2008
solo set in new york sept 21!
I'll be performing a solo fretless guitar set at the NYC Fretless Guitar Festival 2008, Sept 21, 2008, at the Crash Mansion venue (199 Bowery, between Spring St. and Rivington).
If youre in NY please come, if you have friends in NY, please tell them!
I'll be posting some thoughts and ideas over the next day or two re the approach and language I'm developing for it. As some of you know, I did some solo CDs and festival work in Europe in the 90s in an avant-flamenco vein, but it's been years since ive done unaccompanied solo guitar.
It's an interesting medium to revisit after so many years, and I've been in a very active developing/preparing phase, getting ready.
Hope to see you there!
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