Re: Subject: Re: another survey (wasRe: OT, but getting close to not-OT: guitar/sax improv sessions)

[Cara Quinn <CaraQuinn@onemodelplace.com>]

                  I've said this before, and will say it again:

GO - SEE- DARYL!!!

You'll be super glad you did!!!  :)

Laters,

CQ  :)

At 12:12 PM 10/6/2007 -0500, you wrote:

>Lessee, there were a lot of questions in there...I do "dry" solo 
>guitar/vocal shows, usually half instrumental pieces, half vocal, as a 
>separate thing from looping (which at this point, only with 
>Chinapainting, 
>I'm not doing solo looping gigs otherwise right now). I started out as a 
>musician playing tuba, did some typical piano lessons, then flirted with 
>drums and bass before hitting on guitar, and the thing that I loved 
>instantly were chords, chords, chords. I LOVE CHORDS. I might have stuck 
>with the piano for this reason, but the expressiveness that Rainer 
>mentioned drew me more towards the guitar, I believe.
>
>So I don't do solo-line gigs, or tunes. Neither my current solo stuff nor 
>Chinapainting involve real single-note soloing, but when I do find myself 
>in that situation, I always involve a lot of partial or complete chords 
>in 
>addition to solo lines. I do love horns, and vocals, and other 
>single-note 
>instruments, but I think it's their incredible dynamic range that makes 
>them work for me. I think what drew me to looping was having more 
>harmonic 
>colors at the same time, more interesting simultaneous combinations of 
>notes/textures.
>
>(brief plug: I'm playing a few of these currently on-topic vocal/instro 
>solo shows in the weeks before and after the Loopfest, all in CA. October 
>14 in Culver City (that is, LA), October 25 and 26 in Oxnard, October 27 
>in Redondo Beach. Chinapainting is also playing shows right before and 
>after the 'fest, the 18th in Oakland, 19th in San Francisco, and Sunday 
>way out in Lodi at a winery. I'll flog the looping shows when the time 
>gets closer, details for the solo shows are on my site. begging your 
>indulgence..)
>
>Daryl Shawn
>www.swanwelder.com
>www.chinapaintingmusic.com
>
>>I've always wondered why someone chooses a particular instrument as 
>their 
>>"voice" - multitimbral vs mono timbral - and, based on my own experience 
>>and conversations with others came to the conclusion (assumption?) that, 
>>in a lot of cases, it has to do with how you hear things/ organize 
>>sounds, in your head.  When you think of a melody are you hearing single 
>>notes flowing one after the other, multiple voices running parallel, or 
>>more texturally (ie: notes stacked on top of each other)?  When you pick 
>>up your instrument do you gravitate towards single note lines or a more 
>>chordal approach and is this based on preference or the physicality of 
>>the instrument?  Another question I should have asked in my original 
>post 
>>was:  How many people have switched instruments to meet their needs.
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