It was with great unease that I announced my first public show.
The choice was to either move forward, or stop. Because, as music is a living, breathing creature, it can't just stay in one spot forever without withering away.
So my first show is on December 28, in Minneapolis, at Jazz Central; and in preparation, I held 3 private house concerts. All were very different, but all were a much needed experience that I'm really grateful for. And, in the vein of this whole project, I recorded everything. The last night was by far my favorite set of music. Evolution has seized me. I'm excited to perform.
And here you go, if your curiosity lends itself.
Here we go, post grad 6: https://soundcloud.com/mary-prescott-1/moder-music
and another: https://soundcloud.com/mary-prescott-1/pre-pre-post
Please excuse the chatter at the beginning.
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Pickled beets.
It's been many, many months since I've visited you. I'm not very good at being in touch, but I'll never forget our friendship. I miss you, little blog.
In these busy, many months, I almost don't know what I can write about... there's too much. I'll narrow it down to just a few jots.
I got my Steinway.
I'm still improvising.
My trepidation is starting to melt away.
I asked myself the other day, what direction I thought the music world was headed in these days. With the revival of bluegrass and all things homemade, I'm pretty sure there's going to be a shift from a lot of the electronic stuff we've been hearing in the past few decades. It won't disappear, but I anticipate a big split between a school where technology rules music, and a school that completely rejects technology and heads back to acoustics. A parallel extension of that could be what I think of as neo-impressionism. Define that as you would imagine. I don't see a frightened grab at classical form, but of something more rustic or perhaps primitive. And/or music freed by expression in rebellion of highly controlled, mathematically based composition. I guess time will tell. And everyone's always floating their own boat. Who am I to say any of them have leaks?
Where do you think music is headed these days?
I forgot how tedious this writing thing can be...
Here we go, Post grad 5: https://ia801809.us.archive.org/10/items/20130529213317/20130529%20213317.mp3
In these busy, many months, I almost don't know what I can write about... there's too much. I'll narrow it down to just a few jots.
I got my Steinway.
I'm still improvising.
My trepidation is starting to melt away.
I asked myself the other day, what direction I thought the music world was headed in these days. With the revival of bluegrass and all things homemade, I'm pretty sure there's going to be a shift from a lot of the electronic stuff we've been hearing in the past few decades. It won't disappear, but I anticipate a big split between a school where technology rules music, and a school that completely rejects technology and heads back to acoustics. A parallel extension of that could be what I think of as neo-impressionism. Define that as you would imagine. I don't see a frightened grab at classical form, but of something more rustic or perhaps primitive. And/or music freed by expression in rebellion of highly controlled, mathematically based composition. I guess time will tell. And everyone's always floating their own boat. Who am I to say any of them have leaks?
Where do you think music is headed these days?
I forgot how tedious this writing thing can be...
Here we go, Post grad 5: https://ia801809.us.archive.org/10/items/20130529213317/20130529%20213317.mp3
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Old new.
So it's a new year, and with that, the fulfillment of goals. That was the title of the last entry, after all. It's not good to make goals, and then abandon them, so....
One of these goals, I had alluded to many months ago, and the impetus of fulfillment was, in fact, catalyzed by trying to fulfill Sebastien's goal. I went with him to look at pianos, and got a little carried away in the grands room. Sigh. It ended up being good, though, because, a month later, I bought a Steinway, and I couldn't be happier. Finally, after three and a half years of being "grandless," I'll have one back in my space. And not just ANY piano, but the iconic piano of the music world. I didn't think I could have found something so lovely in my budget, but after lots of footwork and anxious nights, I was proven wrong. Sometimes you just have to DO. Rejoicing all around!
The other goal was sort of open-ended, but was just to go somewhere further with this little project. And so, I met with Angela today, and we improvised together. And though this has been done before, neither of us had ventured into multi-media improv. Angela, a visual artist. We did four pieces. The first three were with me improvising on the piano, and her creating a piece based on what she heard. For the last piece, I watched her create, and had more of a conversation with her. There was a lot of side-conversation, and analysis, which I won't bore you with. I'll just share results here! I think I got them all in order.... ;-) Sorry for the terrible photography. They are much nicer in person.
Here we go, Post grad 4, Part 1?: https://ia801604.us.archive.org/34/items/Improv11013/20130110203758.mp3
Post grad 4, Part 2: https://ia601607.us.archive.org/20/items/Improv211013/20130110205138.mp3
Post grad 4, Part 3: https://ia801606.us.archive.org/17/items/Improv311013/20130110212937.mp3
Post grad 4, Part 4: https://ia601607.us.archive.org/15/items/Improv411013/20130110214755.mp3
One of these goals, I had alluded to many months ago, and the impetus of fulfillment was, in fact, catalyzed by trying to fulfill Sebastien's goal. I went with him to look at pianos, and got a little carried away in the grands room. Sigh. It ended up being good, though, because, a month later, I bought a Steinway, and I couldn't be happier. Finally, after three and a half years of being "grandless," I'll have one back in my space. And not just ANY piano, but the iconic piano of the music world. I didn't think I could have found something so lovely in my budget, but after lots of footwork and anxious nights, I was proven wrong. Sometimes you just have to DO. Rejoicing all around!
The other goal was sort of open-ended, but was just to go somewhere further with this little project. And so, I met with Angela today, and we improvised together. And though this has been done before, neither of us had ventured into multi-media improv. Angela, a visual artist. We did four pieces. The first three were with me improvising on the piano, and her creating a piece based on what she heard. For the last piece, I watched her create, and had more of a conversation with her. There was a lot of side-conversation, and analysis, which I won't bore you with. I'll just share results here! I think I got them all in order.... ;-) Sorry for the terrible photography. They are much nicer in person.
Here we go, Post grad 4, Part 1?: https://ia801604.us.archive.org/34/items/Improv11013/20130110203758.mp3
Post grad 4, Part 2: https://ia601607.us.archive.org/20/items/Improv211013/20130110205138.mp3
Post grad 4, Part 3: https://ia801606.us.archive.org/17/items/Improv311013/20130110212937.mp3
Post grad 4, Part 4: https://ia601607.us.archive.org/15/items/Improv411013/20130110214755.mp3
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