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my afternoon with dave eggar
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so a childhood music friend of mine came over today with a buddy of his, who's name is dave eggar. he is apparently the "other half" of the musical group evanescence, as well as an accomplished cellist, solo artist, nyc session man extraordinaire(played snl this week w/ ray lamontaine). perfect pitch, julliard grad, blah blah blah-basically, much more of a "real" musician than i......one of those genius types.....
so he had his cello, as he was down here for a gig, and he suggested jamming, so... we jammed. i naturally chose the cs80 over the hammond/rhodes/wurly/30+ other synths i have here. as he is a fan of microtonal music, he pushed things into a world exploring things outside of a 12-tone western perspective, yet still using that old western standard (albiet sparingly) as an occasional reference point.? my buddy chuck played hand percussion. i've never been a big fan of "free jazz", but this afternoon was one of the most musically invigorating experiences ive had in a LONG time(years?). with use of the ring mod, aftertouch, ribbon, expression pedals, i was able to follow(and lead), right along with him. dynamically, were were able to breathe so fucking naturally, i couldnt believe it.? ever had a musical rush that didnt wear off for hours afterward? there it was. and i dont think there was one other instrument i could have maneuvered as deftly. dave commented at how "perfect" the instrument was, and how much more inspiring it was (as a cellist, no less!) than a piano. cello, cs80, and hand percussion. texturally, it was just gorgeous. hopefully its clear im not touting any level of ability here(there a many people on this list with better "chops" than i), merely a testament to yet another day when the cs80 shone bright. just thought i'd share yet another story about the beauty of the instrument..... best, rj [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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just thought i'd share yet another story about the beauty of the instrument.....
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Great story, RJ, now why don't you share also some audio bits of that happening (heart-shaped eyes while writing...) ?? M ----- Original Message -----
From: rj krohn To: yamahacs80@... Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:43 AM Subject: [yamahacs80] my afternoon with dave eggar so a childhood music friend of mine came over today with a buddy of his, who's name is dave eggar. he is apparently the "other half" of the musical group evanescence, as well as an accomplished cellist, solo artist, nyc session man extraordinaire(played snl this week w/ ray lamontaine). perfect pitch, julliard grad, blah blah blah-basically, much more of a "real" musician than i......one of those genius types..... so he had his cello, as he was down here for a gig, and he suggested jamming, so... we jammed. i naturally chose the cs80 over the hammond/rhodes/wurly/30+ other synths i have here. as he is a fan of microtonal music, he pushed things into a world exploring things outside of a 12-tone western perspective, yet still using that old western standard (albiet sparingly) as an occasional reference point. my buddy chuck played hand percussion. i've never been a big fan of "free jazz", but this afternoon was one of the most musically invigorating experiences ive had in a LONG time(years?). with use of the ring mod, aftertouch, ribbon, expression pedals, i was able to follow(and lead), right along with him. dynamically, were were able to breathe so fucking naturally, i couldnt believe it. ever had a musical rush that didnt wear off for hours afterward? there it was. and i dont think there was one other instrument i could have maneuvered as deftly. dave commented at how "perfect" the instrument was, and how much more inspiring it was (as a cellist, no less!) than a piano. cello, cs80, and hand percussion. texturally, it was just gorgeous. hopefully its clear im not touting any level of ability here(there a many people on this list with better "chops" than i), merely a testament to yet another day when the cs80 shone bright. just thought i'd share yet another story about the beauty of the instrument..... best, rj |
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Like Ralph Grierson once said, the CS80 is the only synthesiser which can stand up against an orchestra. There?s a natural feel and acoustic quality about that instrument I haven?t quite found on any other synthesisers I?ve played over the past twenty years.
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I hope you recorded this performance, just in case something magical happened. Stephen ____________________________________________________________________ "Ambition makes you look pretty ugly, kicking squealing Gucci little piggy." (Thom Yorke/Radiohead -- "Paranoid Android") Stephen Parsick live in concert: Bochum Planetarium (Germany), 13th of December, 2008, 08:00 pm. Finally available: Stephen Parsick -- Traces of the Past Redux, reissued with three previously unreleased bonus tracks. For more info please check www.parsick.com For legal downloads please check: ----- Original Message -----
From: rj krohn To: yamahacs80@... Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:43 AM Subject: [yamahacs80] my afternoon with dave eggar so a childhood music friend of mine came over today with a buddy of his, who's name is dave eggar. he is apparently the "other half" of the musical group evanescence, as well as an accomplished cellist, solo artist, nyc session man extraordinaire(played snl this week w/ ray lamontaine). perfect pitch, julliard grad, blah blah blah-basically, much more of a "real" musician than i......one of those genius types..... so he had his cello, as he was down here for a gig, and he suggested jamming, so... we jammed. i naturally chose the cs80 over the hammond/rhodes/wurly/30+ other synths i have here. as he is a fan of microtonal music, he pushed things into a world exploring things outside of a 12-tone western perspective, yet still using that old western standard (albiet sparingly) as an occasional reference point. my buddy chuck played hand percussion. i've never been a big fan of "free jazz", but this afternoon was one of the most musically invigorating experiences ive had in a LONG time(years?). with use of the ring mod, aftertouch, ribbon, expression pedals, i was able to follow(and lead), right along with him. dynamically, were were able to breathe so fucking naturally, i couldnt believe it. ever had a musical rush that didnt wear off for hours afterward? there it was. and i dont think there was one other instrument i could have maneuvered as deftly. dave commented at how "perfect" the instrument was, and how much more inspiring it was (as a cellist, no less!) than a piano. cello, cs80, and hand percussion. texturally, it was just gorgeous. hopefully its clear im not touting any level of ability here(there a many people on this list with better "chops" than i), merely a testament to yet another day when the cs80 shone bright. just thought i'd share yet another story about the beauty of the instrument..... best, rj [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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--- In yamahacs80@..., rj krohn <r_j_d_2.phila@...> wrote:
so a childhood music friend of mine came over today with a buddy of his, who's name is dave eggar. he is apparently the "other half" of the musical group evanescence, as well as an accomplished cellist, solo artist, nyc session man extraordinaire(played snl this week w/ ray lamontaine). perfect pitch, julliard grad, blah blah blah-basically, much more of a "real" musician than i......one of those genius types.....Very cool RJ! My daughter is a/used to be a big fan of Evanescence (the half-life of coolness for a teenager is remarkably short these days, so hard to know if they're still on her cool list). And she used to play cello and stand up bass. So will tell her this story. Thanks for the share! -Jim, who used his CS-50 on a new recording by his alt folk band; a string patch on a faux spaghetti western tune called Yo No Puedo Hablar Espaniol. |
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Awesome! RJ,
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? We all have no doubt the CS-80 was able to stand out, no matter what chops the owner possesses. My CS-80 sense tells me the jam came together so unexpectedly that no recording was made, unless there's some device where you can go back and recapture the "evanescence" of that day! ? ; ) --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Jim Combs <jwcombs@...> wrote:
From: Jim Combs <jwcombs@...> Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: my afternoon with dave eggar To: yamahacs80@... Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:19 AM --- In yamahacs80@yahoogro ups.com, rj krohn <r_j_d_2.phila@ ...> wrote: so a childhood music friend of mine came over today with a buddy of his, who's name is dave eggar. he is apparently the "other half" of the musical group evanescence, as well as an accomplished cellist, solo artist, nyc session man extraordinaire( played snl this week w/ ray lamontaine). perfect pitch, julliard grad, blah blah blah-basically, much more of a "real" musician than i......one of those genius types.....Very cool RJ! My daughter is a/used to be a big fan of Evanescence (the half-life of coolness for a teenager is remarkably short these days, so hard to know if they're still on her cool list). And she used to play cello and stand up bass. So will tell her this story. Thanks for the share! -Jim, who used his CS-50 on a new recording by his alt folk band; a string patch on a faux spaghetti western tune called Yo No Puedo Hablar Espaniol. |
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yea, mics were definitely not running. oh well. he's gonna record a piece i wrote for an album later this year, and he mentioned doing some improv on tape. maybe then? we'll see.....
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--- On Wed, 3/11/09, Tommy Priakos <tpriakos@...> wrote:
From: Tommy Priakos <tpriakos@...> Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Re: my afternoon with dave eggar To: yamahacs80@... Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 6:11 PM Awesome! RJ, ? We all have no doubt the CS-80 was able to stand out, no matter what chops the owner possesses. My CS-80 sense tells me the jam came together so unexpectedly that no recording was made, unless there's some device where you can go back and recapture the "evanescence" of that day! ? ; ) --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Jim Combs <jwcombs@bellsouth. net> wrote: From: Jim Combs <jwcombs@bellsouth. net> Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: my afternoon with dave eggar To: yamahacs80@yahoogro ups.com Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:19 AM --- In yamahacs80@yahoogro ups.com, rj krohn <r_j_d_2.phila@ ...> wrote: so a childhood music friend of mine came over today with a buddy of his, who's name is dave eggar. he is apparently the "other half" of the musical group evanescence, as well as an accomplished cellist, solo artist, nyc session man extraordinaire( played snl this week w/ ray lamontaine). perfect pitch, julliard grad, blah blah blah-basically, much more of a "real" musician than i......one of those genius types..... Very cool RJ! My daughter is a/used to be a big fan of Evanescence (the half-life of coolness for a teenager is remarkably short these days, so hard to know if they're still on her cool list). And she used to play cello and stand up bass. So will tell her this story. Thanks for the share! -Jim, who used his CS-50 on a new recording by his alt folk band; a string patch on a faux spaghetti western tune called Yo No Puedo Hablar Espaniol. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Just came across this lil' tidbit while searching the forum on boring information about expression pedals a good eleven years after the fact and damn, glad you shared that! Good reminder that the music-making itself is why we all strived (and maybe paid top dollar) to get our hands on one of these beasts. Best, Mathias
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