Hotter than Hell
It's been REALLY hot here lately so I haven't been getting much playing in. My studio/spare bedroom is cooking in the 90s. BUT . . . .
I got out of the house yesterday to jam some with Edo Castro
Edo's exploring the solo bass thing more deeply and will be on a solo bass show with me in Dec along with Dave Grossman and Jean Baudin. Details as they develop.
Edo is very easy going - a super listener and a great nuanced player.
His internal BPM is about 30 slower than mine!
I loved the idea of slowing my stuff down to accomidate another player. Most of my things are written for 1 bass filling up as much sonic space as possible. But slowing things down and letting more space develop lets other ideas get in there. There's at least 1 solo piece of mine we messed around with that I'll probably re-fashion as a duo - or trio with another bass and percussion.
I also got to share to of my thoughts about recording - which had stalled in case you weren't aware.
Over the past few weeks I've totally changed my ideas of what I want the recordings to represent and sound like. Edo had some great input and I think I'll enlist him to help out with some things when I'm ready to hit record again. Over all a good day.
Now - I'm off to find a way to beat another 100 degree day.