During lockdown 2020 I had to stop playing and teaching percussion and running interactive events, somethings I had been doing worldwide for over 15 yrs. My usual percussion practice between events was to play along to some loops I had especially made but obviously, no can do in a 3rd floor flat, no events and no studios open during a pandemic.
So out comes the guitar again and like that, I’m living for playing along with these loops and the creative ideas that flow from it. Guitar was my first love as a teenager and, whilst I’ve been happy to put it down for periods in light my other joyful work, it remains something special to me. Now, I can’t get enough, I start posting daily practice videos on Insta and eventually I’m wondering if I can make a set of recordings with the ideas.. I’m still wondering!
Out of the mindset of drum kit, bass and guitar and wanting to take a themed improvisational approach to the music the journey so far has been - how do the sounds fit together? what tones can I achieve with my set up and situation? And, given that loops are not dynamic like a real band, how do I approach the music differently?
Join me on the journey! I love these rhythms and get a sense of calm and ease from playing with them, my imagination is fired and I am full of love, wonder and respect for where they come from and everything I’ll never know about how they came to be.
So out comes the guitar again and like that, I’m living for playing along with these loops and the creative ideas that flow from it. Guitar was my first love as a teenager and, whilst I’ve been happy to put it down for periods in light my other joyful work, it remains something special to me. Now, I can’t get enough, I start posting daily practice videos on Insta and eventually I’m wondering if I can make a set of recordings with the ideas.. I’m still wondering!
Out of the mindset of drum kit, bass and guitar and wanting to take a themed improvisational approach to the music the journey so far has been - how do the sounds fit together? what tones can I achieve with my set up and situation? And, given that loops are not dynamic like a real band, how do I approach the music differently?
Join me on the journey! I love these rhythms and get a sense of calm and ease from playing with them, my imagination is fired and I am full of love, wonder and respect for where they come from and everything I’ll never know about how they came to be.