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RE: Paolo's venue gives their own definition of "experimental"
Whoops, this is just a touch late, have you tried talking to Iona,
they're located in Arlington, VA?
Kind
of a weird response to read that Orion turned you down, usually they have a
fairly eclectic list of people playing at their location. Depending upon
the size of the venue, you may even want to check out State Theatre in Falls
Church.
Lee
I've only been to Red Room once, but the impression I got from that one
visit, plus last year's Sonic Circuits electronic music festival (which had
some of the same people) was that they were into the same kind of "academic
experimental" (Richard, don't bother asking, you are in a better position
to explain THAT :) :) :)) music as what I heard at UCSD and Spruce Street
Forum. Their comments to you sound very much along the lines of Derek
Bailey's thoughts on non-idiomatic vs. idiomatic improv in his book.
Paolo
Andre LaFosse <altruist@earthlink.net>
wrote:
Paolo
said,
> The people who invited me for their jam sessions are here:
> http://www.redroom.org. Perhaps they have their own
definition.
Indeed they do!
About a year ago, there was (very)
loose talk about the
Walker/Lawson/LaFosse trio trying to play some East
Coast dates. One
Maryland venue which I contacted (Orion Sound Studios,
who said they
generally didn't book "experimental/improv" music) referred
me to the
Red Room. I emailed them with an inquiry, and their booker
replied thusly:
"Dear Andre,
Sorry, listened to your stuff and
it is not our kind of thing. We are
focused on more extremely
experimental (ie. non-iomatic) kinds of stuff.
Stuff that doesn't sound
like human music."
The ironic thing is that I think Rick Walker's
solo set would have been
perfect for the Red Room, and Steve Lawson woul!
d have fit right in with
the more proggish slant of Orion...
:()
Ah well,
--Andre
LaFosse
http://www.altruistmusic.com
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