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I don't know what Aya is on, but at the last reh he was calling all these really fast tunes. I've somehow avoided having to play Cherokee and Donna Lee for the past years. I guess it's time for me to confront them.
Maybe Aya's speed chops are just back. I wouldn't be surprised, the way the guy practices. In any case, now I know what to work on for now, for jazz stuff.
We're playing tonight at Mag:net on Katipunan across Miriam. We is Aya Yuson, Dave Harder and me. The group's called H30*. If you're in the mood for fast jazz, come on over.
* go, Glenda!
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Killed time at SM Southmall last sunday while waiting to rehearse. Ended up buying a whole bunch of things. Salt wheels for rabbits, dog leashes, a triangular file, a drill bit, windshield wipers and rain gutters for my car. The electricity at Don's house refused to come back on so we changed rehearsal venues and wound up at our bassist's house instead.
I'm not a big fan of rehearsing in houses, unless there's a soundproofed room, or it's in the middle of an estate. If you care at all, you end up playing about twice as carefully as usual. It's good practice for dynamics though. One of the reasons I can play quietly is because for a two-year period some time ago, the only practice time I had was the wee hours of the morning with my parents asleep in the room above.
I'm not a big fan of rehearsing in houses. This is ironic because I almost always rehearse in houses these days.
In any case, I don't think we woke the neighbors, and the other people in the house said we weren't playing loud at all. How time flies.
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I've had it in my collection for a while, but yesterday was Alasnoaxis' first spin in Winamp. I used to listen to this kind of music all the time at one point a few years back. At some point I got the idea that my tendency to abstraction was getting a little too strong so I switched over to more traditional-sounding jazz for a while. Then from there to everything but free music. I was unconsciously choosing not to listen to anything with skronk in it. Now I think I'm back, and wow I've missed it so much.
Alasnoaxis isn't jazz. It's more like post-rock played by downtown NYC musicians. That's about as accurately as I can describe it, unfortunately. I have a gig tonight ... I think I'm going to wind up playing a little bit like this.
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Maybe Aya's speed chops are just back. I wouldn't be surprised, the way the guy practices. In any case, now I know what to work on for now, for jazz stuff.
We're playing tonight at Mag:net on Katipunan across Miriam. We is Aya Yuson, Dave Harder and me. The group's called H30*. If you're in the mood for fast jazz, come on over.
* go, Glenda!
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Killed time at SM Southmall last sunday while waiting to rehearse. Ended up buying a whole bunch of things. Salt wheels for rabbits, dog leashes, a triangular file, a drill bit, windshield wipers and rain gutters for my car. The electricity at Don's house refused to come back on so we changed rehearsal venues and wound up at our bassist's house instead.
I'm not a big fan of rehearsing in houses, unless there's a soundproofed room, or it's in the middle of an estate. If you care at all, you end up playing about twice as carefully as usual. It's good practice for dynamics though. One of the reasons I can play quietly is because for a two-year period some time ago, the only practice time I had was the wee hours of the morning with my parents asleep in the room above.
I'm not a big fan of rehearsing in houses. This is ironic because I almost always rehearse in houses these days.
In any case, I don't think we woke the neighbors, and the other people in the house said we weren't playing loud at all. How time flies.
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I've had it in my collection for a while, but yesterday was Alasnoaxis' first spin in Winamp. I used to listen to this kind of music all the time at one point a few years back. At some point I got the idea that my tendency to abstraction was getting a little too strong so I switched over to more traditional-sounding jazz for a while. Then from there to everything but free music. I was unconsciously choosing not to listen to anything with skronk in it. Now I think I'm back, and wow I've missed it so much.
Alasnoaxis isn't jazz. It's more like post-rock played by downtown NYC musicians. That's about as accurately as I can describe it, unfortunately. I have a gig tonight ... I think I'm going to wind up playing a little bit like this.
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