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Lab report November 10th 2009: history and lineage

I’m sitting in London writing this. [I’m typing this up in Cork several days later, however….] My initial idea for this report, fueled by my less-than-wonderful playing with Paul Dunmall (Paul, of course, is never less than fantastic) [info on this performance…], was to write about the tightrope balancing act between playing something—crafting something—‘musically’ satisfactory (however […]

Lab report April 14th 2009: little instruments

Okay, okay, I’m a somewhat born-again luddite so I can sound a little evangelical and pig-headed, but bear with me… Here’s a little back-story: in my first semi-public attempts as an improvising guitarist, I had my guitar, amp and volume pedal… plus a compressor, a distortion box, a delay pedal and a chorus unit. Eventually, […]