Name: Rain and mud by GeorgeTzanetakis
Duration: 6 min 31 s
Description: This piece is a little bit more mainstream than my usual stuff. It was created using the builtin sequencer of a Kurtzweil 2000 around 2003 that only has a tiny digital LCD display. Each track was written on the fly and over dubbed without any editing. At the time I was really fascinated by African rhythms and that shows.

Improvisation by Tina Pearson (Flute) and George Tzanetakis (Bass Clarinet) recorded at the Linda Raino dance studio on March 13, 2013. 

Street Music 13 03 17

From the upcoming cd "East N Blues".
By Yiannis Kassetas New York Sessions.
With:Ulysses Owens Jr. , Adam Birnbaum ,Tatum Greenblatt,Apostolos Sideris and Miles Griffith.
Composed ,arranged and Produced by Yiannis Kassetas.

Eastern Funk Attack

This piece is a little bit more mainstream than my usual stuff. It was created using the builtin sequencer of a Kurtzweil 2000 around 2003 that only has a tiny digital LCD display. Each track was written on the fly and over dubbed without any editing. At the time I was really fascinated by African rhythms and that shows. 

Rain and mud

The final two sections of Tina Pearson's Hunt (3) Chanterelles,  performed by the Experimental Music Unit (George Tzanetakis, clarinets; Paul Walde, electric bass; Tina Pearson, flute)and recorded by Kirk McNally, April, 2014.

Hunt(3)Chanterelles (excerpt)

Our Own Blood

The mp3 and guitar tab for this song are available from http://jongomm.com/store

You can Pay What You Want for the mp3, and a percentage of all proceeds go to The Happy House children's home in Watamu, Kenya. http://www.childrenofwatamu.net/

This song is about I plant a grew in my 10-feet-square backyard in the Leeds inner city. I put the seeds in a tiny tub, but it grew like a Roald Dahl story until it took over the whole yard, then one day the sun shone extra hard and 100 flowers all went "Pop!". It was amazing, so I wrote a song for it. 

Jon Gomm - Passionflower

03 St Thomann

50cal

Swerve

Tina Pearson - breath and vocal cords resonated into silver flute; Paul Walde - electric bass with mallet, small motor and painter's tape.
Live recording May 6, 2013

PopcornTea-1-Tina Pearson+Paul Walde

Don't Panic is the new album from British virtuoso acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter, Jon Gomm. 

Don't Panic is the follow up to debut album Hypertension, released way back in December 2003. Why the long wait? ''I made the first record shortly after I d put together a solo acoustic set and wanted to start touring: it was just a demo to get gigs. I made it a full length album because back then the gig fee was barely covering my petrol money, and I needed something to sell!'' This plan worked a little too well, and Gomm has been touring hard ever since, taking his unique brand of virtuosic acoustic guitar-playing to prestigious festivals around Europe and a punishing tour schedule centred around the UK and Italy, and a new album has had to wait. 

The new CD features stronger songs, exhibiting Jon's genuine grasp of a wide range of genres from blues to jazz to rock to country, which comes from his lifelong experience as a session musician and musical academic. Throw in some Urdu lyrics and you're getting the picture: a one man melting pot. The songs range from dark laments, to sweet melodies, to frenzied romps and there's even elements of the humour for which Jon's live shows are renowned. The guitar playing here is perhaps even more technically demanding than the previous CD too: ''Every time I arrange a new guitar part I make sure I can t play it without practice. I love the technical aspect as much as the creative process of songwriting, although they are very much separate affairs.'' And as with the debut album, there are no overdubs here, although it may sound like it: there is never more than one guitar on every track. 

Jon's fiercely independent approach to the music industry has meant that the CD was home recorded and is released on his own label.

Jon Gomm - Surrender

George Tzanetakis studied classical saxophone in Athens, Greece with Theodoros Kerkezos and has played in various classical, jazz, folk, and experimental settings. While pursuing his PhD in Computer Science at Princeton he continued his music studies with teachers including Steve Mackey, Kofi Agawu, and Steven Everret. He is a professor in the department of computer science (cross-listed in ECE and Music) at the University of Victoria, Canada. He held a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in the computer analysis of audio and music from 2010 to 2020 and was awarded the 2011 Craigdaroch Award for Excellence in Artistic Expression. He has been a core member of the LaSaM experimental music ensemble since 2009. He also has participated and performed several times in the
ritual yearly performance in wilderness "And Wolf Shall Inherit the Moon" by R. Murray Schafer. In 2012 he composed and performed a piece (Red + Blue = Purple) for the installation CanonX+4:33=100 by Trimpin.

Rain and mud

GeorgeTzanetakis

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