good times
we had the shortest rehearsal ever last night. david was sick as a dog, yet dragged himself in to play. we started reading all the new material for our next shows in the end of july and august (nothing is confirmed but more info coming soon). the night was mainly about reading the new piece i wrote yesterday and reading eric's modular work seven that he adapted for the pbe. in my new piece (cheap admiration) i felt like i had a better control of the orchestration and it was more idiomatic for the group. besides that both pieces were really fun to play, deb(my wife) said she was surprised that the music was so "happy".
this summer another big change is that i decided to rehearse as a 5 piece. it is mainly because matt and the strings are busy and i want to be able to rehearse weekly. i think consistent rehearsals are a good tonic for us. a smaller group will fit better in clubs and other alternative spaces that a 9 piece cannot play. in the future i can see alternating between the big and small versions of the pbe depending on the situation.
like i said in the last post, one of the greatest feelings is when you have just started a piece and you know its going well. the weeks ahead are going to be great. at this point i probably have enough material for at least seven new works. writing during the summer has never been my strong point, but i think i finally have gotten over the hump.
good times indeed
this summer another big change is that i decided to rehearse as a 5 piece. it is mainly because matt and the strings are busy and i want to be able to rehearse weekly. i think consistent rehearsals are a good tonic for us. a smaller group will fit better in clubs and other alternative spaces that a 9 piece cannot play. in the future i can see alternating between the big and small versions of the pbe depending on the situation.
like i said in the last post, one of the greatest feelings is when you have just started a piece and you know its going well. the weeks ahead are going to be great. at this point i probably have enough material for at least seven new works. writing during the summer has never been my strong point, but i think i finally have gotten over the hump.
good times indeed
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posted by paul bailey at
8:10 AM
4 Comments:
can't wait to hear the new stuff! keep up the good work.
So I was driving to work this morning (with the smell of fresh-brewed Starbucks Gold Coast wafting through my car - I don't care what anybody thinks, they make great coffee), thinking about music - my music, your music, your blog post on new material, (and Radiohead's 'Hail to the Thief,' which I am listening to and pleasantly reminded how great this album is too), when I thought of an interesting idea . ..
Since it's safe to assume that those of us who read your blog are fans of your music, I think it would be cool if you documented the daily (weekly?) evolution of one of your brand new pieces through your blog? Not just with words, but with score and sound as well. Put up pictures or pdf files, mp3s, etc. It just might be fun being let into the head of Paul Bailey as a piece of art is created. Sort of a real-time sketch book. What do you think?
i think its a fine line between blogging and opening up your compositional process in realtime. i think writing about creating can sometimes change the process too much. i work many ideas around in my head before putting them down, and writing about the process could push me to go down some paths and ignore others. that being said, i might explore keeping some notes during the process and writing about it afterwards. not to get to metaphysical about it, but part each piece is probably out of my hands.
It was just a thought. Keep us posted as the music progresses.
By the way, I don't know if you've been to realnewmusic.com lately, but I've been given the go-ahead for RealNewMusic 2006. You've got a gig next June, if you want it.
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