@nicklassoerensen
Library assistant (for too many years), but mainly a guitar player I guess. Solo music here: https://nicklassorensen.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-5 Band music here: https://papir.bandcamp.com/album/ix-2
Today's guitar piece
We played Mustang Sally in my old "party" band. Must have played it 100 times. Hated it so much, that we tried to destroy it musically. The only person I know, who actually likes that song is my Dad & he is not interested in music. The only CD I've ever seen him buy was an Andrew Strong compilation.
Tired hands and tired mind playing something with two chords/whatever
Amazing.
The only approach I know in context of playing solo gigs is - bring you. Bring whatever is you at that point in time. And if you don't know what that is, then bring that unknowing. You may prepare or not, compose or improvise, follow the plan or not. Whatever. Just you.
Apropos of nothing. Found an old clip from the last time I played an outdoor solo gig nearly 6 years ago. Wind was caugth in the microphone & the audience was probably mildly bored as I tried to zone out & in on certain moods. There was one (bad) review & I ended up releasing most of it on cassette.
Today's guitar piece. Kind of Jim O'Rourke-inspired I guess.
youtube.com/watch?v=h9y-ZiffUwo&feature=youtu.be
Starting the day with two classics. Windy & Carl's "Consciousness" and "Future Days" by Can.
What do these two classics have in common? Well,one thing they have in common, at least the way I hear it, is that they are both albums I will never get tired of listening to. Perfect records for a Sunday.
Saturday listening. Grails - The Burden of Hope.
The weird thing is that I saw Grails live in Copenhagen maybe 20 years ago & remember being very impressed back then, but didn't bother to check out their records. But now is apparently the time. Where in their discography should I go after this?
I have never really been able to move anywhere with pure abstract guitar sounds myself, but I'm eternally fascinated by those who can take you somewhere with abstraction, space & emotion. If you consider buying something on Bandcamp Friday, I recommend this:
alara-music.bandcamp.com/album/loren-...
Amazing! Thanks a lot.
Wow. Is that really David Pajo? Amazing. That is exactly the kind of guitar solo playing I'm thinking about. Thanks! Are there more Pajo-solos like this?
And what do I mean by "a real guitar solo"? In this case, I'm thinking about an improvised guitar solo where you get a bit of your comfort zone and don't necessarily play what is cool, but get carried away for a little while.
Does anyone know of a clip or a song where Dave Pajo is playing a real guitar solo? He is such an accomplished guitarist who could probably play anything, but it always seems to me that he actively kept away from playing guitar solos, which is fine too of course. I'm just curious.
Evening listening. John Cale & Terry Riley - Church Of Anthrax
This is one of those albums that could have been a near masterpiece, if the B-side was on par with the A-side. It's still pretty good, but the tracks on the A-side are the ones that really stand out as something unique at least for me.
Evening listening. Drew Gardner - Wave Field.
This new Drew Gardner LP sounds super great as expected. Really cool jams executed by these top jam musicians.
Early unplugged jamming
I sometimes think my favorite part of his discography is from 1999 to 2009, but listening to LC is a seemingly eternal experience, and there is beauty to be found in all parts of his discography. It's all a huge and deep work of art from a real artist.
The last record for today before I go to sleep:
alara-music.bandcamp.com/album/loren-...
Damn, was ready to tune in live for the first time in a while. Get well soon!
Some videos from the release show at the library:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ze7...
A solo album that in a way is something more than just a solo album, because of the good people involved in the making of it.
I do think about it now and then, but I'm not sure that's my thing at all/that I have anything to say with it. Anyway, I'm glad I kept focus back then and helped bring this album into the world.
In a way that led to the basis of some of the solo live performances I did later that ended up on two cassette releases (Live and Live 2). Except for occasionally composing shorter spontaneous acoustic pieces, solo composition and recording feels pretty far away from me these days.
There was a realease show at the main library in Copenhagen, and I originally intended to play with a full band, but it wasn't possible for logistic reasons so I ended up re-arranging three songs and adding some improvisation, playing completely solo.
I was still trying to figure out what to do with my life (still am probably, but on another level/from a different perspective), didn't have much money and the world seemed open and exciting in a way.
I actually doubt I would had started the act of making a solo album and even thinking about making it if it weren't for people around me who kept encouraging me to do it. Feels like a different time in my life too, which it was.
