Some Thoughts on ‘Extremity’ in Free Improvisation
I’m currently reading Anotnin Artaud’s essay ‘Theatre and Cruelty’ for a Tragedy exam on Thursday. But my notes on it got into some areas which I think relate to Saturday’s gig (when Mark and Stuart...
View Articlewhat is extremity?
tod ay it is 'extremely' hoti think somepeopple might sayi guessi dunnowhat is extremity in music?or extremity at all?i've used the term extreme to labelsome of my solos latelymeaning they're extremely...
View Articleextrem ic X
i am if that's a WORD mek some extremly small short solos of nothing contributions 2 tha revolutionary struggle excerpt-ed concontributions 2 tributions 2 tha revolutionary snuggle #they are some...
View Articlethis one has no title
it's an improvised drawing. been doing these quite a lot on the computer recently and this one seemed to me have some parallels with mark's latest alto pieces (song of the wilderness fox), in that it's...
View Articlelife?
recently i was reading something that suggested that the male heroic story is al about death since the heroic male couldnt get his head[they like to use their heads]around life and since he felt...
View ArticleX mass alto
x mass acres y bloodzone the breeding of consumerists the spelll of property
View Articlelove
a lament for voice alto saxophone radio drone and tapes and radio songs and bell 'love is the weather betrayal is the lightning that cleaves and reveals it' toni morrison from the novel
View Articletarot garden
it is not as if an 'i' exists over here and then simply loses 'you' over there, especially if the attachment to 'you' is part of what composes who 'i' am. if i lose you under these conditions then i...
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this'll be the last one of 2009 then i guess?????? it's been a wondrous journey challenging stretching mesmerising and mystifying above all else it's kept me sane and creative in a year full of deep...
View Articlegrim mackee : songs for the auld year
aye as they say what a long strange trip it's been if i learned nothin else i learnt i don't want to play solo bass ever & that for me it's no good adding electronic stuff cos i just hide behind it...
View Article'2010' reflections on the 2009 solos process
about this time 13moons ago. in the shallow light of midwinter westerntime. i had an idea to make 2009 solo pieces of improvised music/sound. and very quickly thought better of the idea and decided to...
View ArticleExcerpts for Submission
1 + 2 Cabin 26-09-09 Excerpts 1 (12:52) + 2 (7:57) Excerpts from 1 hour edit of performance by Donovan, David, Stuart, Mark. Gloucester Road Cabin, Bristol, September 2009. 3 – Cheltenham Trio November...
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