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Cat Drinking Water Jazz Film

That is an usual slo mo film about jazz cats, that drink water. You know some, which live close to you. My intention was to shot them as live as possible. Almost monochrome, that modern free jazz music film raises up those classic Noir Films to memory full of nostalgie, suspense and... hidden drama. We see a lonely cat, which drinks water during all film. So simple. No more actors, just one monotone scene screened closely to the acting personage. And guitar improvisation behind. Be the first to watch that jazzy lazy cat footage. Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpNwETh-8HQ 

July Free Jazz Guitar Impro 01140719

The story continues: I recorded track #01140719.  More jazzy, saucy, moody an viby ) I still can't make pauses as greats. Have used my fingers and hard pick. What I like the most from this record - the real non-planned character: there were nice rain besides the window, windows were open and noice was really big. Generally speaking, I did not hear background fully and played intuitively. Rain noise was really the ingredient of the mood. It seems I moved sound a bit to modality, to blues structure. 

Electro Techno Free Jazz. June 2019

I call my new tracks for myself as 'Kyiv' Heat', as temperature here is high today (+32C) - hot air stands still, no motion, but heart is fast and free imrovisation is fluid. TONE I recorded three takes #01140619, #02140619, #03140619 with 125 bpm tempo. The first take has bright  hard clean guitar tone and in third take that sound becomes really jazzy blue and muted. The second take has bright tone start and muted final. WHAT I DO The blues basic is important. I try to speak, be more nuanced. Tell short phrases, try don't think in chords, just feel. Every note should be preciously cut, to has start, development and story. I just think sax and trumpet players has more fine performance as they play by lips and breath, but guitarists use fingers, which are not very sensitive like lips. Used backing track generated before 01100619-125bpm.  #01140619 https://youtu.be/0Ow2IM7d_N8 #02140619 https://youtu.be/vqIqaoT7_TM #03140619 https://youtu.be/Vb3RVdAz16c ...

Electro Techno Free Jazz progresses. May 2019

Two tracks #02090519 and #03090519, a second and third takes, got published on YouTube. As a rule I record three takes and choose the best one, but after re-listening I found out, that 2nd and 3d takes are both interesting and worth publishing.  My interests for now are a) developing of my own language of improvisation b) music developing at all.  Second Take    Third Take Backing track  Some notes about the sound. I have decided to go toward headphone acoustical comfort and pleasure. Therefore, some antiphase issues are exist, though it is the big no-no in EDM and mixing in general. I suppose my music will not be so popular on the dance floor, but will be listened a lot on headphones as most people do. And then - Techno Music + Free Jazz is VERY nice combination of "Butter and Bread".  

Electro Techno Free Jazz #01110419, April 2019

My next Free Jazz / Electro Techno creature is 18' long piece with Deep Techno kick. I liked to add some motive and keep the whole story in some scale or tonality, or modal form.  There are some Be-Bop elements at the end, but they are accidental. I avoid any be-bop stuf and concentrate more on phrasing, storytelling and melody. And you know - that is not easy. Much easy is to close eyes and start to improvise untill "tape ends". Any idea adds rational frame, which I like to avoid.    And again: - oops, I forgot to make pauses! Were is my belovely silence? I don't need that solo on background, but dialog!

ElectroTechnoJazz? A new version of 150319 just published

Electro Techno Jazz? I call that style Electro Techno Jazz or Electro Techno Free Jazz (I love the word Free, you know), but you can call it whatever you like. Personally, my idea is not to open a new style name, but simply enjoy to free improvisated music touched by Techno and Modern Jazz. I would love to add a words Be Bop, Cool Bop or anything sounding pop, but my guitar is too far away from those beautiful streams of XX century Jazz.  I like the concept Bill Evans once told: - Jazz music is intentionally improvised at origin . Music originally played by people who loved and enjoyed that free flow of melody or joy and sadness inside. They didn't know || - V7 concepts and modality. And Miles also tells about 'creation flow' in spontaneous improvisation, that was lost nowadays.  I just touch a water and happy to transmit that touching enjoyment to anybody.  #01150319  That impro is another version of 150319 set. Available for download here:...

Electro Techno Free Jazz Guitar #01100319

For that impovisation I have took a pick Galli Medium o.7mm. Sooth to say, as I play mainly by fingers, my take wasn't brightly fast and especially nice. What I see now - I can use it as a high-speed tool and with combination of chords that would be awesome.