Not surprisingly, I’m having a great time. Going to hear FANTASTIC music every night…(All pics are enlargeable with a click.) Tomorrow: My residency at STEIM begins. I’m stoked. At OT301: Seval featuring Fred Lonberg-Holm, …
SoCal and The Desert…
I had an excellent driving day throughout SoCal on Friday with Leah Bowden. We performed and presented at CalArts for Wadada Leo Smith’s composer/performer colloquium…after having coffee/breakfast with Andrew Pask. We then proceeded to Ventura, Santa …
Colin Woodford Recording Session
In the early stages of a horrible flu and fever (still going) I had a *wonderful* Thursday evening recording Colin Woodford playing solo cymbal. Thankfully, my friend Joachim Goßmann was there to prevent me from making …
Ockodektet in San Diego Top Fifteen Jazz Concerts…
Very nice ranking from critic Robert Bush at the San Diego Reader: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/jam-session/2011/dec/20/top-15-sd-jazz-concerts-for-2011/
Ockodektet Rehearsal photos….
RehearsalWoodwinds:David BorgoVinny GoliaEmily HayAndrew PaskTracy McMullen Trumpets:Dan ClucasJohn FumoBrad HenkelDaniel RosenboomKris Tiner Trombones:Michael DessenMichael Vlatkovich Tuba and more:Jonathan PiperWilliam Roper Piano, Keyboards, Theremin:Wayne Peet Acoustic Guitars:Tom McNalley Electric Contrabass Guitar;Steuart Liebig Contrabasses:Jim Connolly (also: musical saw)Mark …
Solo Session this weekend
Once again I’m stoked to be at Studio A at UCSD. This time it is to record a solo album this weekend. Setup was today, headed up by engineer Joe Kucera and grad student engineers Scott …
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A Very Tall Tree…
A great time today hiking in the Redwoods at some “secret groves” with my friend Eric Tillinghast…Please click the image to see the Tall version of this tree…More pics to come.
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Softstep and Max/MSP…
I’m absolutely loving my Softstep…a very versatile footcontroller…smaller, lighter and does way more than any other foot controller out there at this time that I am aware of. However, in the past it required all users …