Stet Lab featuring Katie O’Looney plus OPKA on Tuesday, April 14th 2009, upstairs @ The Roundy, Castle Street, Cork, Ireland.
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Stet Lab featuring Katie O’Looney plus OPKA on Tuesday, April 14th 2009, upstairs @ The Roundy, Castle Street, Cork, Ireland.
What is the status of ‘failure’ in improvisative performance? Is the notion of failure relevant to improvised music? If relevant, is it important in the ongoing practice (evolution, mutation or adaptation) of improvisation? safety… For me ‘oxleygrass (Marie’s phone)’ really doesn’t work as music. I think, at best, it’s a technical demonstration. The ditty didn’t […]
Audio recordings of the March 10th Stet Lab are now online.
Stet Lab now has a photo gallery hosted at Picasa. Below, for example, are John Hough’s photos (© 2009 John Hough) of the February 2009 Lab with Andrea Bonino, Paul Dowling, Paul Dunmall, Neil O’Loghlen, Katie O’Looney, Han-earl Park, Mark Sanders, Jamie Smith, Owen Sutton, Veronica Tadman and Kevin Terry: The diary has now been […]
Stet Lab, Cork, February 10, 2009 Before we go on stage, I joke with Jamie Smith that we’re the two guitarists who’re going to be tripping up each other (and that the drummer, Owen Sutton, will have to pick through the carnage). By ‘tripping up’ I’m not implying that the results weren’t going to be […]
Audio recordings of the February 10th Stet Lab are now online.
The next Stet Lab takes place in one week (Tuesday, February 10th), upstairs @ The Roundy. The event will feature the awe-inspiring virtuoso saxophonist Paul Dunmall.
On the eve of our highest profile event, with 13 events behind us, this might be a good time to reflect on the stuff I’ve learned (and am learning) about running a space for improvised music. I’m indebted to those who have told stories of, and given advice on, running no- or low-budget ventures elsewhere. […]