Looking forward to playing tonight with Old Time Musketry at Flin van Hemmen's Canyons concert series at Spectrum in the lower east side.
At 9:30 will be Shirts & Skins
Kenny Warren, trumpet
Will McEvoy, bass
Flin van Hemmen, drums
Patrick Breiner, Tenor saxophone & clarinet
10:30, Old Time Musketry
Adam Schneit, Saxophone & clarinet
JP Schlegelmilch, piano & accordion
Phil Rowan, bass
Max Goldman, drums
Should be a great night! Looking forward to playing the amazing Steinway D they have there.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Monday, February 17, 2014
You give experimental music a bad name (bad name)
The NY Times ran a brief profile on the Stone recently titled "In the Church of Difficult Music." Whew, that's sure to drum up some more business for the last bastion of experimental music in Manhattan! It's true that a lot of the music played at the Stone is not for everyone, but I really take issue with typecasting it all as "difficult", a word too often thrown at contemporary music. Why can't they try a word like "adventurous"? Also, there's such a wide variety of music at the Stone, they make it sound like every night there's some crazy unlistenable avant garde ceremony taking place.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Hello blog my old friend, I've come to write on you again.
Denizens of the interweb, witness my triumphant return to the blog-o-sphere!
So what's been going on since my last post in.....September 2013???
First and most importantly: I GOT MARRIED!
Secondly: I MOVED! Alas, the sweetheart deal I had on my Greenpoint apartment couldn't last forever, especially with the neighborhood becoming more and more Williamsburg-ized. We're now living happily in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. So many musicians in this hood! Adam and Phil from Old Time Musketry live blocks away, Jesse Stacken lives down the street, and I bump into more people on a daily basis all the time.
But some musical activity has also been percolating! I have a recording coming out soon with a new project called Waver, a collaboration with sound artist Michael Clemow. We've been working on an improvisational project for piano and live-sampling electronics on and off for a year or so. Mike samples what I play in real time and manipulates the sound through his computer and sonic adventures ensue. The music ranges from cinematic ambient soundscapes to intense bursts of fractured electronic sound. Stay tuned for news about a CD release show!
Old Time Musketry went into the studio in November to record our second album, the long awaited follow up to our critically acclaimed first album, Different Times.
I'm also planning to start doing some solo piano shows again, and for the first time ever I'm going to include some classical pieces!
So what's been going on since my last post in.....September 2013???
First and most importantly: I GOT MARRIED!
Secondly: I MOVED! Alas, the sweetheart deal I had on my Greenpoint apartment couldn't last forever, especially with the neighborhood becoming more and more Williamsburg-ized. We're now living happily in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. So many musicians in this hood! Adam and Phil from Old Time Musketry live blocks away, Jesse Stacken lives down the street, and I bump into more people on a daily basis all the time.
But some musical activity has also been percolating! I have a recording coming out soon with a new project called Waver, a collaboration with sound artist Michael Clemow. We've been working on an improvisational project for piano and live-sampling electronics on and off for a year or so. Mike samples what I play in real time and manipulates the sound through his computer and sonic adventures ensue. The music ranges from cinematic ambient soundscapes to intense bursts of fractured electronic sound. Stay tuned for news about a CD release show!
Old Time Musketry went into the studio in November to record our second album, the long awaited follow up to our critically acclaimed first album, Different Times.
I'm also planning to start doing some solo piano shows again, and for the first time ever I'm going to include some classical pieces!
Friday, September 13, 2013
Jesse Stacken on his Messiaen Project
Here's an interview with pianist, composer, and all-around music lover Jesse Stacken. He is currently involved with his Messiaen Project, where he writes a piece every week using the compositional techniques of the modernist master composer Olivier Messiaen. Recordings of the pieces are posted weekly on his blog.
The interview is great, and Jesse's honesty and openness about his creative process is really refreshing. I particularly enjoy his perspectives on musical influences, the effects of social media, and the struggle to stay true to your own creative instincts.
"At the end of the day, I guess I try not to worry about what others think or what others are doing, and just be myself, with myself, experiencing the beauty of nature, and allowing what I love to be apart of the music I create. It’s not always easy to do that, but a little struggle and discomfort is good."
The interview is great, and Jesse's honesty and openness about his creative process is really refreshing. I particularly enjoy his perspectives on musical influences, the effects of social media, and the struggle to stay true to your own creative instincts.
"At the end of the day, I guess I try not to worry about what others think or what others are doing, and just be myself, with myself, experiencing the beauty of nature, and allowing what I love to be apart of the music I create. It’s not always easy to do that, but a little struggle and discomfort is good."
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Old Time Musketry at Pete's Candy Store tonight!
OTM is playing our first show in Brooklyn since our tour last month. The tour helped to solidify an album's worth of new music which we will hopefully be recording soon. We will be on a bit of a hiatus after this show, as I'm getting married next week, and our drummer Max Goldman is on tour with dance music legends Midnight Magic for a while.
SO COME CHECK US OUT TONIGHT!! That's at Pete's Candy Store at 9pm.
SO COME CHECK US OUT TONIGHT!! That's at Pete's Candy Store at 9pm.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
John Zorn at 60
Just listened to the Fresh Air interview with John Zorn. A glimpse into the mind of an intensely focused and driven individual.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Old Time Musketry August tour dates!
So excited to take to the road with Old Time Musketry this week on our east coast/midwest tour! Please help us spread the word if you have friends in any of these cities who would like to hear some indie/folk/jazz from Brooklyn!
More about the band here: www.oldtimemusketry.com
August 8th: The Windup Space, Baltimore, MD w/ Snail Knights and Talking Points.
August 9th: The Electric Maid, Washington, DC
August 10th: Private Event, Huntingdon, PA
August 11th: Merrimans’ Playhouse, South Bend, IN
August 12th: The Black Sparrow, Lafayette, IN.
August 13th: The Whistler, Chicago, IL
August 14th: The Garden Theatre, Columbus, OH
We've got some new music in the works, preparing to record a second album....
More about the band here: www.oldtimemusketry.com
August 8th: The Windup Space, Baltimore, MD w/ Snail Knights and Talking Points.
August 9th: The Electric Maid, Washington, DC
August 10th: Private Event, Huntingdon, PA
August 11th: Merrimans’ Playhouse, South Bend, IN
August 12th: The Black Sparrow, Lafayette, IN.
August 13th: The Whistler, Chicago, IL
August 14th: The Garden Theatre, Columbus, OH
We've got some new music in the works, preparing to record a second album....
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