In the end this was an intuitive decision, something I just knew was right at the time, without really knowing why. I felt it in my bones! There are several reasons though, of which I am now aware:
I love singing, I love the physical feeling of it, so I want to be able to do […]
on March 16, 2008How does one exercise improvisation? Helena Gaunt and I have developed a way of beginning we call the Stravinsky exercise: start playing using only a few notes, a single pattern, and the methods of variation. It is like musical chitchat.
on March 1, 2008On September 5, 2007 Helena Gaunt and I collaborated with painter Liselot Schut in an improvisation in image and sound. This post shows excerpts from the film that was made out of this collaboration, and I share some of my thoughts on this kind of interdisciplinary improvisation.
