I thought I should write something about the first show and continue writing little blurbs about each show as they happen. It's been almost 2 weeks so I'll do my best to remember everything that happened. First of all, the first of the series was a wonderful success. Everyone who came enjoyed themselves and every performer was eager to perform again at the next show.
Here is a breakdown of the performances that took place:
9:15pm
Ed Matthews on keyboards with Derek Brooks on hand drums
9:35pm
Derek Brooks did a solo improvised performance on keyboard starting and ending with a preconceived composition
10:00pm
Peter Thompson played Rebirth using an old-school apple laptop and Cailen Dye played with Jasuto on an iPod Touch
10:15pm
Patrick Cahill did a 3 part solo performance on a classical guitar missing 2 strings
10:40pm
Ian Doig played guitar with Jeremy Ive on drums
11:15pm
Jason Bellchamber played ANDROID FX on an iPad with Peter Thompson on Rebirth once again
11:35pm
The sound art/noise group from Winnipeg who happened to be in London at the time did an interesting performance with an arsenal of homemade instruments and a no-input mixer setup
The rest is a blur for me. If anyone else can remember let me know!
Next time I'll try and make a write up more immediately after the show and hopefully we'll have some audio/video documentation.
All in all this was a great start for the series. Thanks to all who participated and we hope to see you at the next show!
Cailen
Around midnight, Ian Doig played guitar, Derek Brooks played drums and Cailen played the accordion to slow ambient rhythm and melodies. A fellow playing the hand drum, took over the drums and Cailen switched to bass, for some more improvisational music. I only remember this because it was my first time drumming with fellow musicians. And I am now addicted.
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