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ImprovFriday members' Jeff Duke (USA), Peter Thörn (Sweden), Jim Goodin (USA), David Perreko (Canary Is) and Gaeteano Fontanazza (Italy) will gather together for a 1-hour live performance at improvfriday.ning.com today (July 4th) at 3pm EST(12pm PST/8pm UK/9PM western Euro). Please join us.

Benefit CD - From Brooklyn To Glindran

Wood and Wire Music is pleased to announce the release of a very special CD that the proceeds will benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International in their research to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. The recording titled From Brooklyn To Glindran is the duo work of Jim Goodin (USA) and Peter Thörn (Sweden). The World experimental music was spontaneously created by the two musicians who have never met in person but connected electronically through a common interest in fretless guitar. They began working together through the real-time audio streaming software NinJam which allowed them to collaborate live from their locales 4,000 miles apart. The ten improvisational tracks with influences from World Acoustic, Free Jazz and Indian Raga grew out those online sessions a few emailed file exchanges.

The interest in supporting the work of JDRF comes from both musicians personal involvement with type 1 diabetes. Thörn is afflicted as is Goodin’s daughter Callie. The official digital distribution release which preceded the CD was on April 6th, 2010, marking the anniversary of Goodin’s daughter’s diagnosis.

To purchase From Brooklyn To Glindran as either digital download (MP3 or other audio formats) or CD, visit jimgoodinpeterthorn.bandcamp.com.

ImprovFriday - Threadin' the Needle, June 10-12, 2010

Another great weekend of creative work on the ImprovFriday thread this past recent weekend. Several new folks joining and some stepping out of their traditional way of working, using different instruments and techniques.

it was a huge 'turnout', mini reviews and links to check out follow.

Alexandra Marculewicz Adshead	Creeping	Alexandra welcome to IF! Cool spontaneous 'Jon Hendriks' come Laura Anderson kind of vocal piece, reminds me too of Bay area Amy X Neuberg
Bruno Duplant	Wild Garlic	Another newcomer joined this past weekend, welcome Bruno! Splendid solo acoustic bass piece, traditional feel lotta bounce (later in thread I do live mash to this)
Bruno Duplant	Whales & Birds	This was amazing! Lycrical digeredoo like sounds, almost human.
Kate Shakespeare and Peter Thörn	Moon Song	And yet another newcomer, this one in the family of IF'er Peter Thörn who recruited his wife Kate to join us. Doing a mix of spiritual playful voice, both Kate and Peter and plucked instrument.
Kate Shakespeare and Peter Thörn	Tender is the Loveage	More density this time in the voices joined by sax and percussion sounds, more like living room session.
Adam Kondor	and God Says	Adam immortalized me this week after catching a few moments of my live oud mini-set last Sunday morning. Nicely metallically manipulated here. Thx Adam.
Paul Hertz	Come Again?	Long lost son of the last few weeks Paul Hertz rejoins us to bring his 'Sunday Go to Meeting' pipe sounds or better put 'Phantom of the Opera' pipe sounds back to IF. We are blessed Paul.
Alexandra Marculewicz Adshead, Ken Palmer, Bruce Hamilton	Creeping East	Alexandra in collective now with other IF'er's in a more tribal rendering...
Paul Bailey	Music for Controllers II	Paul Bailey also been gone a few weeks returns with 'Music for Controllers II' following his earlier improv piece 'Music for Controllers'. Very Eno influence here as well as subtle Gary Neuman street beat to me.
Benjamin Smith	Ben Improv June 4 2010	This has a piece of Ben's that's been posted previously I think but still quite wonderful, love the voice patch which sounds muted steel drums and thumb piano sound.
Benjamin Smith	Ben Improv June 7 2010	Acoustic now, spacial spar slightly erratic slightly Monkesque stylings but always Ben.
Benjamin Smith	Ben Improv June 9 2010	Acoustic continues, more dark, more reflective, more lower colour..
Glenn Weyant	STE-001	It continues to be return time at IF which is nice. Glenn I don't think has contributed in recent weekends and he has joined this weekend producing his range of experimental strings. This one lots of low end dense cello(?) drones and an exploring violin on top.
J.C. Combs, Thomas Bjørnseth & Jérôme Poirier	Will It Rain During the Fireworks ?	Twin piano's sounding somewhat prepared or plucked and viola/cello weaving throughout this mash.
Bruno Duplant & Jim Goodin	Wild Garlic II	Not to review my own here but this is a piece of Bruno's that I was intrigued by, lined up in Audacity and 'live mashed' to on the oud. Good low end bouncy tones from Bruno.
Shane W. Cadman	Piece061110	Shane continues to bring in surprise elements last two threads. Last time acoustic guitar and this time acoustic piano which we've had several on the 88's this time around. Lovely textures throughout this piece ring Shane's combination of darkness and beauty.
Jim Goodin & Gérald DeGroote	Passion Is To Deny	Again not to review my own but Gerald added some excellent fretless bass to this ambient improv I did. Lyric content to this piece was paraphrased from the book 'Conversations with God' by Neale D Walsch. Gerald thanks for your musical inventiviness here
Steve Layton with Paul Hertz	Inventio Canzicrans featuring Paul Hertz	With Paul Hertz wonderful organ return to this thread Steve added his complementary inventiveness Paul's cavernous weavings. Thinking the Mysterious Baracades piece here.
Alexandra Marculewicz Adshead/Lee Noyes	Creeping Rushes	IF newcomer vocalist improviser Alexandra is joined by the master of 'space' and 'found' sounds.
Benjamin Smith/Lee Noyes	12 June 2010	Space between the notes and randomness intertwine like Pollock!
Lee Noyes	Line Input Electronics - 12 VI 10	Very cool, oscillations and frequency manipulations, like balloons leaking air at times and digital glitching, a canvas of pulse!
Alexandra Marculewicz Adshead & Gerald DeGroote	Creeping and More	Another improvisation response to Alexandra's vocal muse, this time by fretless bassist Gerald DeGroote weaving 'Jaco' like tones throughout.
James Ross	Dead Birds	Circling vultures and wastelands, James paints a tonal scape with spare linear and knarly tones.
Steve Moshier	Jailhouse Rock	Elvis in a Bill frisell suit. Love this.
Steve Moshier	Abandoned Ship	Bermuda Triangle, Sargasso Sea all in one here.
Jeff Fairbanks	Baldy's Crumbs	Great deal of playfulness yet depth in Jeff's orchestrations.
Joseph Benzola and Benjamin Smith	All This and More	Mashing of two introspective masters...
Norbert Oldani	Tiger tiger Burning Bright in the Forest at Night	Lovely requim open seguing to ice crystals in a playful Pooh way.
Norbert Oldani	Electronic Keyboard Improvisations	Clusters that ring modern and tradition.
Bruce Hamilton	Perpetuo	Pensive, hammered dulcimer like.
Bruce Hamilton	Issues	Plucked strings and 'noize'.
Bruce Hamilton	What	Reflective and Evanish.
Bruce Hamilton	This	Cutting through.
Bruce Hamilton	Exciter (feat. Thomas Bjørnseth, Steve Layton, Jeff Duke & Pseudo)	Pristine sounding piano over UsIt's 'space' density.
Bruce Hamilton	Circle Forward (feat. Steve Layton, Paul Muller, Roger Sundström)	Paul's 'reichish' driving piano layered with film score textures of Steve and Roger.
Ken Palmer	Facing East	Really nice orchestaration sugar plum fairy images.
Thomas Bjørnseth	IF June 11 2010	Machine gun like piano lines with sections of dense chordal color.
Joseph Benzola	Piano Improv	Nice surprise from Joseph, stepping down from his drummers chair and sharing his reflective inspired piano passion.
Steve Layton	Kosmomikros 1	Bartok like piano influence here, detailed, delicate, technical.
Steve Layton	Kosmomikros 2	Continuing ...
Steve Layton	Pastpresenfuture (feat. Roger Sundström, Jérôme Poirier, JC Combs, Steve Moshier)	Manic but great mash here between Jerome's playful cabaret style vocal, JC's atmospheric and Steve and Roger 'watching the dark'.
Steve Layton	The Dark Park by Moonlight (feat. Steve Layton, Glenn Weyant, Roger Sundström, James Ross, Peter Thörn, Kate Shakespeare)	Spooky and dense, Glenn's violin cuts through neat and really neat harmonic change when Kate's voice arrives.
Steve Layton	Further Journey (feat. Benjamin Smith, Shane Cadman, Jeff Duke, Gaetano Fontanazza, Roger Sundström)	Indeed...
Steve Layton	Watching the Other Shore	Always being the giving spirit around IF, good to hear you 'alone' Steve. A nice look from the other shore.
Steve Layton	The Fool on the Hill (feat. Jim Goodin, Jérôme Poirier, Roger Sundström, Steve Moshier, Bruce Hamilton)	Paradoxical journey from the opening voice street beat antics overlaying my single note lines to the contrast changes as Roger, Steve and Bruce drums and synth patches enter.
Steve Layton	Vine and Leaf (feat. Paul Bailey, Glenn Weyant, Steve Layton, Alexandra Marculewicz Adshead, Norbert Oldani)	Tubular like going through a tunnel late a night in a car, Alexandra's voice enters perhaps on the radio...
Steve Layton	Piano Cabal (feat. Bruce Hamilton, Roger Sundström, Steve Layton, Shane Cadman, Benjamin Smith, Paul Muller, Thomas Bjørnseth, Norbert Oldani)	Walking through the halls of Steinway after midnight.
Steve Layton	Motet (feat. Bruno Duplant, Kate Shakespeare, Peter Thörn, Jim Goodin, Alex Marculewicz Adshead, Jérôme Poirier)	The web says madrigal with 4 voices which speaks true here, neat harmonic interplay with Bruno's definitive bass locking in and Kate's closing voice.
Steve Layton	Remembering Memory (feat. J.C. Combs x2, Lee Noyes)	Jungle at night as the critters are going to sleep, a voice on a passing riverboat as a train passes (don't wake the critters yikes!)
UsIt (Gaetano Fontanzza and Jeff Duke)	Ambient Android	Communication, space, radio telescope dialog, is there life... these are the voyages of the starship Enterprise...
UsIt (Gaetano Fontanzza and Jeff Duke)	Bullseyegg	Just hanging, like the stars, like mobiles in a museum late at night before the paintings come alive. Good work you too. A band is forming.
Paul Muller	IF061110	My favorite Paul Muller place Steve Reich all the way.
Jérôme Poirier	Place Carrée	Different trip for Jerome, like he got near Jukka last time (grins). Cool as the voices enter...
Jérôme Poirier	Thursday at Noon	Playful jon hendricks like, great counterplay in the guitar Jérôme.
Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	Eroc Drumming	Clearly 'outside' himself this week, finding his way with new textures, totally 'free' on this one.
Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	Eroc Drumming 2	Voice like sounds emerging, hearing Lee Noyes influence
Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	Music Box in Juni	Spareness and space plucked music box(?).
Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	Key the Saw	Lovely decay in the saw and it's bending tones. For some reason I'm thinking it would be neat to see this piece somehow scored out as notation and performed by the 'serious' music crowd...
Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	Creeping Free Jazz (feat. Alexandra Marculewicz Adshead, Steve Layton, Paul Bailey, Kate Shakespeare and Peter Thörn)	Love the layering and the Jurasic Park sounds with alexandra's vx emerging.
Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	Qx33N (feat. Lee Noyes, J.C. Combs, Alexandra Marculewicz Adshead)	Wow!
Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	Whales, Birds and Water (feat. Bruno DuPlant)	Great cerebral mash btwn newcomer Duplant on acoustic bass and Roger's efx.
J.C. Combs	Eulogy for a Crow	Somberness and killer editing.
J.C. Combs	Melankoly	Floating freeform ambiance spinet.
J.C. Combs	Trip to Edmonds Beach	Wonderfully recorded environmental and creative editing, great trains.
Peter Thörn	Dead Birds, a spontaneous response (feat. James Ross)	Great weave between James raw linear lines and Pete's wailin' sax.

Jim

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ImprovFriday - Threadin' the Needle

Every Thursday afternoon a splendid spontaneous gathering begins at the experimental improvisational Internet site and web community known as ImprovFriday. Started by musician/sound artist J.C. Combs, the site on the Ning network has steadily attracted musicians worldwide interested in pushing the edge of aural creativity.

The weekend 'thread' as it's known launches officially at 4pm PST with an open call for it's community of 150+ members to post newly created music either complete or not on the Thursday thru Saturday 10pm PST forum, the foundation of the 'thread'.

Each participant is free to download any of the posted pieces and 'mash-up' with their own ideas, reposting to expand on the original idea or more probably take it entirely somewhere new.

I'm been participating in ImprovFriday for the last 3 months and have found it amazingly fresh, inspiring and a constant sense of both honor and encouragement from each fellow artist.

In addition to the musical dialog, thread participants post their reactions, thoughts and feelings throughout the open weekend call. ImprovFriday member Paul Muller and host of the monthly ImprovFriday Radio series, often posts brief review comments to as many pieces as possible which are sometimes pushing 50 pieces of amazing original music each weekend. I too have tried to post my thoughts to all participating artists as much as possible as for it's a way of 'giving back' when I can.

In an effort to give visibility to our wonderful gathering located at http://improvfriday.ning.com, I've jotted down the following responses which are just momentary reactions on listening to each piece from the recent thread of June 3-5, 2010.

Member musician	Musical Work	My Reaction
Jukka-Pekka Kervinen	YM2612 (6/4/10-#1)/AB	Close to the circuits, like being inside a pinball machine.
Jukka-Pekka Kervinen	The Not So Lonely Piano Player Anymore (feat. Roger "ErocNet" Sundström)	Right out of R2D2!
Jukka-Pekka Kervinen	MD/GBA 06/05/10-#1	Highly creative 'noize' with great sense of backwardness/forwardness.
Jeff Fairbanks	Dented	Tim Story like melody but still finding the 'noise'.
Joseph Benzola	Patti & Lenny Crash the Stage at the Electro Singalese Bar in the Bronx	Great visionary vibe and I think I hear an udu!
Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	Gitimp100604	Hands on strings, inside the coils.
Roger "ErocNet" Sundstrôm	Gitimp100604-2	Tension on the wire, bouncing colors from above.
Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	Gitimp100604-3	Great sense of minimalism, in instrument and feel
Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	The Lonely Piano Player	Guests in one room, piano soul in the other, blissfully oblivion unites.
Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	Slownoisen feat. Jukka-Pekka Kerviven, Bruce Hamilton & Paul Muller	I think there is a sleeping polar bear rising from the mix!
Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	Line Dancer feat. Steve Layton & Ken Palmer	Lovely color and mystery, bit of Pat Metheny at times.
Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	Law Twist feat. Jukka-Pekka Kerviven & Jim Goodin	I'm proud to be part of this mash, Roger thanks (think the R man is feeling my struggles with the lawyers of late). Great noise from Jukka.
Greg Hooper	That Which Hair Is Flesh To feat. Benjamin Smith, Jérôme Poirier, Peter Thörn, Norbert Oldani, Roger "ErocNet" Sundström, voice 0f Virginia Baxter	Atmospheric environmental. Voice midway reminiscent of Hal in 2001 or the voice in Portal.
Steve Layton	Thrumdrum	Lower east side from the heart of Texas!
Steve Layton	Epic feat. Peter Thörn, Norbert Oldani, Bruce Hamilton, Steve Moshier, Steve Layton, Jérôme Poirier	Clocks, the turning of time, voices in the halls...
Steve Layton	Bedroom Window	echoes of Mark Isham.
Steve Layton	The Ties That Break or Bind feat. Bruce Hamilton, Lee Noyes, Roger Sundström, Jim Goodin	Thanks for including me in this mash and bringing some balance to my angst at the time with Misters' Hamilton, Noyes & Sundström.
Steve Layton	Outward feat. Jeff Fairbanks, Jeff Duke, Gaetano Fontanazza, Shane Cadman, Jukka-Pekka Kervinen Jeff Fairbanks, Jeff Duke, Gaetano Fontanazza, Shane Cadman, Jukka-Pekka Kervinen	Lovely mash, reflective canyons and journey's.
Steve Layton	Corroboree feat. Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, Peter Thörn, Lee Noyes, Steve Layton, Roger Sundström	Glitch, oscillations and pensive tones from the North.
Steve Layton	Die Wunderkammer feat. Ken Palmer, Benjamin Smith, Steve Moshier, Norbert Oldani	Lovely pensive tones, indeed a 'cabinet of curiosity'.
Steve Layton	Manic feat. Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, Lee Noyes, Roger Sundström, Jérôme Poirier, Jim Goodin	Flattered to once again be in one of Mr. L's mashes and in a word as the name implies...
Norbert Oldani	Rhythm Improvisation	Synth patches against latin percussion, for some reason reminds me of Stan Kenton who in a sense was 'experimental' for his time.
J.C. Combs	Random Title Generatorfeat. J.C. Combs, Norbert Oldani, James Ross, Shane Cadman, Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	Inside a clock beginning seguing to ambient/mixed media, technique J.C. does so well.
J.C. Combs	Soundreel feat. Werner Herzog, Buddy Holly, Easy Rider, Star Wars, Afrika Bambaataa, Taxi Driver, Planet of the Apes	Wow echoing on the mixed media, all wonderful 'Hollywood' moments brought together in reflective mix.
Paul Muller	IF 6-4-10	A contrast to Paul's more rhythmic recent pieces, floating angelic patches.
Paul Muller	Thrumdrum Plus feat. Steve Layton	Paul mashes his floating ostinato synth wash with Steve's streetesque beats proving how things grow on IF.
Peter Thörn	A Close Shave	In physical, much manipulation about the piano soundboard, in the metaphysical, spirits at the door.
Peter Thörn	6 Layers in Audacity	Pulse, stare, across the room...
Bruce Hamilton	Fliss	Floating, pulsing, melancholy, light.
Bruce Hamilton	Looj feat. Miles Hamilton-Sommer	Spooky, native lands
Bruce Hamilton	Basstop	Pensive, a story within.
Bruce Hamilton	Compulsion	TVesque open, could be Hill Street...
Bruce Hamilton	Lonely Duo feat. Roger "ErocNet" Sundström	More ghostly tones in this mash, lots of spirits in this thread.
Bruce Hamilton	Paint the Sun Danger feat. Jim Goodin, Steve Moshier	Once again nice to be mashed and to be balanced with such a cool vibe from Steve.
Jim Goodin	Blur Between The Lines feat. Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, Peter Thörn and Bruce Hamilton	Not meaning to review my own work but in this is the mash I of three others, thought it neat textures.
Ken Palmer	Sqall Line	knowing Ken hails from Missouri and it's tornado season in the mid-west/south I can feel the approaching winds in this piece.
Lee Noyes	Filter Rolls	Great oscillations and Lee's fav past time of space between the tones.
Lee Noyes	Passionate, Irregular	There is indeed passion both 'for' and 'in the noise' here.
Steve Moshier	Tale of Two Cities	Around each corner, who goes there? 'Ghostbuster' tones here, sense of motion.
Steve Moshier	Hatari	Neat 'street beat' to stellar melody, tip of the hat to Mancini?
Benjamin Smith	Ben.Improv.May.30.2010	Randomness and exploring but with 'Monk like' sensibilities.
Benjamin Smith	Ben.Improv.Jun.4.2010	Nice patch texture muted steel drum core meets Michael Oldfield
Steve Layton & Benjamin Smith	After Hours	Touching interplay, analog to digital, digital to analog.
Shane Cadman	Piece0604010	Lovely acoustic work, thinking lines akin to Steve Khan.
Shane Cadman	if060410_Muller_Cadman feat. Paul Muller	Thinking of Shadowfax...
Usit Gaetano Fontanzza & Jeff Duke	Regolith	These guys have been working together a lot through NinJam and the result is wonderfully connected muse from thousands miles away.
Jérôme Poirier	Portrait : Sans Titre 52 d'Eric Lepoureux	Lyrical low end bowing, forceful direction surrounded by interesting percussive/plucked textures.

Visit us on ImprovFriday at http://improvfriday.ning.com each weekend to follow the newest thread and work.

Live Video Cast this Friday April 2, 7pm PST

I'll be featured live in a one hour video solo performance this Friday, April 2nd, at 7pm PST (10pm EST) on Improv Friday an experimental improvisational music community on the Ning social network. In the hour long set I'll be performing a suite of improvised music on fretless guitar, oud, violin, wood flutes, percussion and vocalise. Improv Friday is a creation of musical artist J.C. Combs who founded the constantly expanding musical community about 2 years ago. Improv Friday brings together a growing body of musicians from all over world who each week are taking part in creating a weekend long musical thread of spontaneous improvised musical works offered up by each artist who chooses to participate for the good and furtherance of the muse of the community. Combs started the live Friday night concert series a few weeks ago which has featured thusfar musicians Steve Moyes, Jeff Duke and Richard Lainhart. Please join me if you are online for my show on Improv Friday.