149 posts tagged with improv by askmeaboutLOOM.
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Whamola Solo #1
A little field test of my newest toy. Once again, good headphones or speakers are recommended, as it tends to go subsonic. FLAC is also available. [more inside]
Contrabassoon + 2(Accordion)
Sometimes, you find exactly how many reeds you are absolutely necessary to make the sound you want, then you add two more accordions. Previously. [more inside]
Epilogue to Lightning
Warning: This recording includes heavy amounts of face-swallowing, house-rumbling, often subsonic bass. Also available in HBR MP3 and FLAC. For best results, use good headphones or speakers with a subwoofer. Apply directly to the forehead. [more inside]
2011.04.21: Baritone Ukulele, Temple Block, Guitbass, QSR
Woodblock minimalism, combined with electronic soundscapes, alternate string tunings, and a nice healthy drone thrown in, for good measure. [more inside]
Prelude-Midnight (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
Having already tackled Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, Christmas Music, and the Catholic Church, we decided that, for May's Challenge, it was time to up the ante to the second worst thing ever: TSO's non-Christmas music. [more inside]
Dog Explosion, Pt. 1
My next-door neighbours have a Scottish terrier which, upon being let into the backyard from inside the house, immediately yips so loudly that each bark forces it off the ground in a fit of screechy rage. Trey has a similarly annoying stupid-nosed Pekingese living above him, though its alleged "bark" is more of a failure, altogether. It's almost like someone timestretched the sound of basketball trainers on a gymnasium floor. There's no real attack; the sound just appears, then vanishes, only to return moments later. In retribution for these grievances, we have now made two separate attempts to make the latter dog explode via sonic assault. It's not supposed to be good; it's supposed to be incendiary. Please also enjoy this video for part 2. [more inside]
2011.03.24: Cello, Mandolin, Baritone Ukulele (Part 2)
The second and final chapter of our little improvised suite of minimalist strings. This bit features a rhythmic drone on electric mandolin. Enjoy. [more inside]
2011.03.24: Cello, Baritone Ukulele, Electric Mandolin
Part 1 from a small suite of minimalist, all-string improvisations. [more inside]
The Pope is Dead. Long Live the Pope.
They'd probably save a lot of trouble and idiocy at the Vatican if they would only institute this policy. [more inside]
Rodrigo de Lanzòl-Borgia
What is possibly left to be said of Pope Alexander VI that hasn't already been said? Answer: Honestly, compared to the standards of secular nobility of the time, he really wasn't any worse. [more inside]
Francesco della Rovere
Pope Sixtus IV was another notorious practitioner of nepotism. A member of the Franciscan Order of Friars, he was responsible for the commissioning of the Sistine Chapel, and authorized an Inquisition targeting converted (Jewish) Christians in Spain, at the request of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. He was largely responsible for endorsing the burgeoning artistic movements leading to the Italian Renaissance, but also renewed the crusade against the Turks and reinforced the slavery policy. [more inside]
Enea Silvio Piccolomini
Pope Pius II, surprisingly, seems to have been a pretty legitimately good and interesting person; even serving as poet laureate of Austria before eventually ending up in, and finally head of, the largest organized crime syndicate in history. However, his greatest crime could be seen as being indirectly responsible for the Twilight series. [more inside]
Tommaso Parentucelli
Also known as Pope Nicholas V, he didn't seem like such a bad guy, for the most part...other than the whole "Papal consent to the slave trade" thing. Live recorded video is available. [more inside]
My Favourite Bathtime Gurgles
Also known as Zen and the Art of Going to the Lavatory, also by Grunthos the Flatulent, we present a second excerpt of Vogon Poetry, as we have imagined it. [more inside]
Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in my Armpit One Midsummer Morning
Vogon poetry is of course, the third worst in the universe. By Grunthos the Flatulent. [more inside]
Felix II (AD356-7)
The first anti-track from our impending RPM2011 album, The Golden Age of Bastards, video is available here. [more inside]
2010.11.11: Vibes, Basitar, Flaut, Vox
It always comes down to food and/or pants. I don't know why. [more inside]
We Three Kings
And finally, The Christmas Album closes on a low note--literally, this time. After all, where's the fun in having a contrabassoon at your disposal if you're not going to do something wacky with it?*
*Headphones recommended for maximum head-rattling [more inside]
Ukrainian Crab Carol (Shchedryk)
Alright, time to ruin Christmas with the gift of Crabtone. [more inside]
Coalstockings (Blacklung)
Now for, perhaps, the most abstract experiment on the album, and another test of our previously stated theory. [more inside]
Bad Santa
An original composition by our own Tommy Scheurich, and another experiment in instant festivity. [more inside]
What Child is This?
We all thought as hard as we could, to come up with a Christmas song that none of us hate, so we could do it semi-reverently, in a manner which at least resembles proper. It took so many takes to get it right that now we hate this song, too. [more inside]
Santa's Slay
The first of two experiments on The Christmas Album, testing the hypothesis that [x] + sleighbells = instant festivity. [more inside]
Jingle Bells
A quick introduction of our two newest toys, and the first track off our new Christmas album. [more inside]
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (A Dramatic Reenactment)
I recently discovered this bit of classic radio-recorded vinyl. Enjoy a blast from the (present) past. [more inside]
Party Gorilla!
Lyrics and text by The Oatmeal, taken from his brilliant comic. I basically read it and thought "Cortex should turn this into a hyper-ballad." Man vs sun then suggested we should make one, instead. Here is the result. [more inside]
Larynges(n+1)
Recorded 2 October, 2010 at the Oklahoma Composers Association Salon Concert in Norman, OK, this is a live improvisation with the aid of our audience. [more inside]
Eventual Response System (2010.09.02 edition)
Unplanned, meant to sound planned; followed by planned, meant to sound unplanned; rinse; repeat. [more inside]
2010.09.02-08: Horn/Viola Duo
Featuring Tommy Scheurich on viola, and me on horn (with and without effects), with Trey Beauregard on Assorted Miscellany.
2010.09.02-04: Effected Accordion Solo
Perhaps the best thing you can ever do to an accordion. Accordion by Tommy Scheurich, live effects manipulation by me, Timbill Corder. [more inside]
2010.09.02-01: Cello, Guitbass, QSR, Flaut
The debut of my new, beautiful Telecaster Guitbass, and a lovely bit of ambience to kick off the session. [more inside]
2010.08.26-04: Cello Solo with Delay
The title says it all. Effects are manipulated live by yours truly, cello by Tommy Scheurich. Check out the video here, taken by Trey Beauregard (man vs sun). [more inside]
2010.08.26-02: Violin Electric Guitar QSR
Ambient transdentalism, featuring Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, and John Cale...well, not exactly. [more inside]
2010.08.26-01: Electric Horn, Electric Guitar, Cello
Experimenting in experimentation with various experiments. [more inside]
I'm the Scapegoat (But I Don't Eat Garbage)
Gyrophonia goes burlesque...or perhaps the other way 'round. I'm not quite certain which. [more inside]
Borderline
Tommy would make a good Dalek. [more inside]
Death and Transcolouration
He died once... [more inside]
INCORRECT.
Subtlety doesn't come easy when you're all insane. [more inside]
Permyriad
The basis point of insanity, as explained by a mad violist, so concludes An Evening With... [more inside]
Octatherp
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Ylang
Derived from Tagalog from the word ilang, meaning "wilderness", this song is secretly about pants. [more inside]
Vulgate
...Because when was the last time...? [more inside]
Thaumaturgis
Riposte
On this day of improv, so begins volume 3 of Demons of Gyrophonia's box set, An Evening With... [more inside]
Pompadour
Occasionally, An Evening With... can turn a stream of consciousness into more of a babbling brook of consciousness. [more inside]
Necrosis
On An Evening With... v2.7, we bring you an important lesson on the difference between being a flautist and being a flootist. [more inside]
Langoustine
Entry 2.5 in An Evening With.... There's not much to really say about it, for a preface, so [more inside]
Junket
Next on An Evening With, Volume 2, a bit of Stream-of-Consciousness, courtesy of man vs sun. [more inside]
Hippocampus
Welcome, dear listeners, to another exciting episode of An Evening With... [more inside]