It’s good, I think, to think tactically about improvisation, and group improvisation in particular. You know, however, that you’ve lost the game in improvisation when you’re preempting the music. You don’t want to be thinking this is how it should be, goddamnit, and I will fit that square piece into that triangular hole. Much more […]
By Han-earl Park
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Tagged anthony o’connor, audience, audio recordings, eoin callery, han-earl park, january 2008, july 2008, kevin terry, marian murray, melanie l. marshall, mike hurley, murray campbell, neil o’loghlen, ó riada hall, the real-time company (for the ad-hoc association) of…, ucc department of music, venue (context), veronica tadman
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I’ve often wondered what goes through an improviser’s head during group improvisation. The improvised public performances I’ve participated in before have been more like improvised compositions in a sense—one person takes charge, or there’s a kind of plan vaguely sketched out (usually with the proviso that things might happen differently). This was my first time […]
There’s a lot to be said for being the odd-one-out: you can be lazy. There’s also a lot to be said for putting two ‘alikes’ together; be it the same instrumentation, or people who share a name. Okay, AFAIK, tactically, as an improviser, that latter factor doesn’t make an iota of difference, but I can […]
By Han-earl Park
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Tagged anthony o’connor, audio recordings, barry twomey, chick lyall, eoin callery, han-earl park, june 2008, marian murray, may 2008, murray campbell, neil o’loghlen, sláinte, susan geaney, the real-time company (for the ad-hoc association) of…, veronica tadman
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“This was possibly the noisiest ‘hoedown’ ever………………………………………” —Everybody’s sub-conscious Anyway, it began with several short burst to get things started, from the house band of the evening. This comprised Eoin Callery (mountain dulcimer), Susan Geaney (flute), Tony O’Connor (bass guitar) and Barry Twomey (guitar). A very well behaved bass player who could have crush the […]
By Eoin Callery
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Tagged anthony o’connor, barry twomey, eoin callery, han-earl park, june 2008, kevin terry, marian murray, murray campbell, sláinte, susan geaney, the real-time company (for the ad-hoc association) of…, venue (context)
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