Dear listeners, thank you again for your patience. I have been on the road and unable to update this blog, but finally with a few spare moments, here is the next session. I have to pace myself, though, lest I run out of material to post before I get back home and have a chance to record again.
This session was recorded in late April, a few days before I hit the road, and I felt very stressed. Initially following the session, I was pretty unhappy with what I thought I had played — I felt like I was only rehashing old ideas — but upon further listening I have found some unexpected and interesting music, with some more mature improvisations. What do I mean by "mature?" I'm sure I don't know!
You may notice, on the right of the screen (scroll down a bit), a list of labels. So far it is limited to length of pieces: "short" is less than four minutes, "medium" is four to seven minutes, and "long" is over seven minutes. I also labeled one piece (the one in which I played the strings with pens) "experimental," although I'm not thrilled with that. I intend to go back and catalog each piece more thoroughly with descriptive labels. What I ask of you is suggestions for labels you would like to see. Whether they be descriptions of modes ("Lydian"), or textures ("block chords"), or structures ("blues"): how would you like these pieces to be organized?
Finally, a number of you were pleased with the NPR names of the last session, so I have continued with that theme.
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