June 2011
5 posts
Don Berman - July 3rd, 2011
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Sharing some of what we have ASSIMILATED in our playing:
Hi everybody. First off, I am grateful for this opportunity to curate an evening at the Racer. During my time in Seattle playing music, I have never encountered a scene quite like the Racer Sessions! It reminds me of the stories of actors like Brando and Pacino, discussing their acting studio years in NYC, earlier...
Evan Woodle - June 26th, 2011
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For this session, I have composed a small series of concise and disparate musical ideas that are to be bridged by extended stretches of improvisation. The inspiration for this idea has a couple sources in particular. The first has to do with my recent encounters with similar forms of improvisation. A concert of music by Tim Berne I performed in this last Spring quarter...
Jared Borkowski - June 19th, 2011: The Beats are...
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My thoughts are like a bird pecking at the ground. I don’t want to be comfortable because I am unaware. I want to come to terms with everything as it is. To truly address being alive. Stopping and thinking. You can’t run from the bigger picture. To get caught up in one’s own matters and to see nothing but a task at hand is most dangerous for one’s...
Andrew Swanson - June 12th, 2011
My composition for this week’s session is entitled Weepy Unfurler/Dolor Lagoon In Repose.
Contrary to my usual modus operandi—which is to sit in front of the keyboard with brows furrowed, sifting through hundreds of musical ideas before I even consider giving one a chance—I elected to allow my stream of consciousness dictate the compositional process. Given the relatively little amount of...
Skiff Feldspar - June 5th, 2011
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Skiff Feldspar’s Big Bang Improvisation Theory for Racer Sessions
In the Fall of last year, myself and bassist Shane Smith decided to form a improvising project consisting of an electric bass/electric guitar duo that utilized our various arsenals of effects stomp boxes, looping devices. Our approach is to take pre-existing our original compositions, as well as a diverse...