The first sound exploration December 15, 2007

The group came together this day with a sense of professionalism I have not seen in a while. The combination of sounds created an almost immediate ethereal and surreal atmosphere. With the drone of the Didgeridoo , Rays electric bass groove train and Carl’s stand up bass fluctuation, the foundation was set.

The “in the pocket” nature of Bruce’s percussion, combined with a complex multitude of Anne and Emily’s vocal variance, created the audible space for the intricate and almost artistically mathematical placement of sound accents by Rich McGhee.

Put together, these sounds lifted the room and most likely this part of town, to higher levels of consciousness. When the collective intellect was auspiciously quieted and the creative combination of sounds came forth from our instruments, true shape shifting transpired. Listen for yourself to the complexities and yet almost indigenously simplistic yet profound connection to our reality that seems to be happening here. The key that made this session what it was, was the level of respect each musician had for one another and deep listening skills that each participant seemed to have. There were no stars here only a focused group effort at a sonic happening.

Angelic Existence Clip



The line up was fantastic and the group of musicians that gathered for collaborative improvisational sound exploration, creative conversation, food, drink and sharing of ideas was more that I expected. Thank you to everyone!
Namesta

This session included alphabetically

• Ray Cody on electric and slide bass. Buster1043@sbcglobal.net

• Richard McGhee III on flutes, horns. Percussion. RAM3X@aol.com


• Bruce Nelson on trap drums.

• Pete Onofrio on Didgeridoo, Native American flutes and vocals www.discoverbluestar.com

• Emily Santos-Poplawski vocals. tomily@comccast.net

• Anne Rhodes vocal experimentalist. Anne.Rhodes@yale.edu or www.annerhodes.blogspot.com

• Carl Testa on stand up acoustic bass and bass clarinet. carl@carltesta.net or http://carltesta.net