Racer Session #528 | Jenni Long & London Bauman (PDX) | March 7, 2021
On the first Sunday of every month from 5-6pm PST, the Racer Sessions (Seattle) and the FreeSessions (Missoula) unite to host a collaborative session on Zoom! A new featured artist presents a short set to begin the session, followed by a free-improv-based jam session that is open to all. Each month’s opening performer will also choose a social justice organization/cause that we will learn more about and direct donations toward for the month.
This month we are really looking forward to presenting one of our very own organizers from the FreeSessions crew, Jenni Long! She will present three improvised songs alongside her friend London Bauman. Here's what Jenni had to say about their process:
"Over the past few months London and I have been writing music together by bringing in our individual unfinished songs, which we had previously shown no one, and helping each other finish them. The resulting sound was some mixture of folk rock, lofi, and emo. I’ve noticed that just by playing and talking through a song with another person that they usually can see immediately where and how to fill in the gaps, and vice versa. What ended up happening was when we let go of a specific desired outcome, creating with another person became a pretty effortless process. In this session we invite the players to connect with the person they’re playing music with by focusing on what they’re bringing to the table, sonically and creatively."
Jenni and London have chosen the Black Trans Femmes in the Arts Collective as this month's beneficiary!
https://www.btfacollective.org
We encourage you to donate to them if you are able!
Following Jenni and London's set, the organizers will facilitate an open jam session until 6pm PST for anyone who would like to improvise!
To learn more about the FreeSessions and its parent organization, Lakebottom Sound, visit: http://lakebottomsound.org/the-freesessions/