
i’ve been really busy lately- studying, writing, rehearsing, processing… but i owe the world some blog on it all, soooo…..
ok- first there’s mi yodea- we’re about to go into a serious studio. i had seen a video of henry threadgill on youtube discussing his techniques for simplifying improvisation and i thought i would try one of the ideas he presented (allow fewer note choices- the simplification here being using notes from a D major or G minor tonic over a double harmonic scale based in D or G) and then apply it in a mi yodea song- antiyoub. so here is a rehearsal version of that, warts, froggy voice, talking and all-
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phil isaacson- clarinet, rachel fischer- flute, ann gross- bougarabou, sue kaplan- dumbek,voice, me- keyboard, voice and writing
then there’s gHOST project- actually represented here by ’4 out of 5 gHOSTs’-
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stacey taheny- voice, words, efx, keys, etc, w dalmatian- bass, voice, drum kit, sue kaplan- drum kit, percussion, me- drum kit, bass, keys the firey drum kit duet on the 2′nd track here is by sue and w! (but kit solo at the end of the first is me)
lastly my 3 (solo) piece-o-days o’ may (so far)
may 3 ‘firn di makhatonim aheim’ a tune by naftule brandwein which mi yodea is taking into the studio next week- solo piano version
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may 2 ‘how is it out there now?’ solo keys improv
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may 1 ‘wish doctor’ keys and drums w/ some obvious ‘borrowing’ :
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mi yodea is still in search of bass and vocals (and more if we can find it)- please e-mail me at zelwel at hotmail dot com for that and also for booking info on all of the above. make us happy- love us, book us.