Universal Pallettes, After Party and Breakfast

Well, the day is here.  Welcome back from your break!  Tonight should be real fun…  I need everyone there for soundcheck at 1:45.  Running order of the program and the Universal Pallettes you’ll need to have by memory are on the October 18th Page.  Check it out, please.

Now for the fun part.  We’ll convene at the Strathallan after the concert, but whether or not you join all of us there…

PLEEEEEZE join me for breakfast at the Strathallan on Thursday morning at 9am, just before i drive on outta here.  It’s gonna be heavily subsidized, and therefore wallet-friendly.  Come chow down with me, say goodbye, and celebrate all the work we’ve done together.  I’m so so happy to have had some time to work with you.

I’ll take a count tomorrow night, i need one in order to ask them to set up a table, or three.

see you Wednesday.

Todd

Steve Reich Week-long Concert Party in London. Next Stop, Carnegie Hall in October.

One week, One big big party. Steve Reich turned 70. Here are some rehearsal pix of the prep for Daniel Variations, Steve’s new piece about Daniel Pearl, the tragically-killed journalist in Iraq. There is so much to the story, both Daniel Pearl’s, and the composition itself. Read more about it here. Brad and I felt privileged as we always do to play the music and to be part of the history-making. Several standing-ovations later, and simply teary-eyed from from being part of some great music-making, we’re once again reminded that this is a master of form and of rhythm, of simplicity and complexity all at once, and at 70 years, making some of the best music of his career. Let no one tell you it’s unemotional or at the same time unintellectual. That’s ignorance.

We weren’t able to nick a recording, but we hope you’ll hear it soon, in fact we hope we record it soon. The 1st pic is from The Cave, the second from the London Underground. Pics from Ben Rubin. Thanks, Ben

Seminar Content and Links

To all of you folks who attended the seminar yesterday, thanks for coming, and thanks for your interest and participation!

As promised, here are all the links i mentioned yesterday and a few more to support both composer and performer on your journey. I’ll post this on Todd’s Page as well, so that it will remain accessible long after this post has made it’s way to the background. I’ll also continue to put more links up as i remember that i forgot to mention them yesterday. (or just plain ran out of time) Don’t forget to check out Ableton Live!

I remembered as well that i didn’t even get to describe Soundpainting™ to you, which will be almost the entire basis of what we do for Musica Nova in October, so i’ll start to post some things about that soon, mostly on the October 18th Page, but i’ll let you know via the blog as well.

So, more links after the jump… but to get us started… here’s where I live, and you can listen to my music here . Once again, i’ve had a fantastic time here with you all, and i can’t wait to return in October! all the best, Todd click here to ==>

Open Conversation with Todd Reynolds on Saturday, 4:30-6:30 in Room 209

Want to know what it’s like out there right now in the music business? Want to know about life after Eastman? What’s possible? Have any tendencies toward other art forms or toward other disciplines within music? Like computers? Have questions about what a ‘creative voice’ means, and if you even have one? Like to ‘improvise’, but don’t know how to get started?
Todd will meet with performers and composers alike to share things learned from his own journey and experience in the music world, having forged close alliances with countless composers, performers and entities such as Yo-Yo Ma, Bang on a Can, Steve Reich, John Cale, Joe Jackson, Todd Rundgren and Tan Dun, to name a few, and having established an international presence as an innovator in music and performance, touring concert halls and clubs around the world with his own projects and in support of the projects of others.

Todd also recently completed six years of building a string quartet which rose to prominence in the music industry, leaving his band Ethel to focus on solo and educational projects. Building a not-for-profit organization and classical music ensemble is a viable and exciting option after graduate school, and there is much to be aware of even now if that exists for you in the back of your mind as a possibility.

If you have questions, or are just interested in what’s possible as you begin to think about your own future, do consider attending. Subjects covered include: computers and amplification in music training and performance, general practice techniques, music as socially relevant art form, classical music as ambassador for peace, and… Music as Play. like, as in, FUN.

Also embedded in the conversation is a demonstration of Ableton Live, a generation of music software which is indispensible to every musician, especially creative types, and one of the only packages which provides every tool necessary to music creation and production.  Imagine Garage Band but with 70 years of wisdom and an exhaustive array of paint and brushes.  A basic practice and rehearsal toolkit will be created in realtime, then used to create your own music quickly and easily over which to play and interact.  This is the perfect way to introduce yourself to electronic music.

This seminar is offered as sponsored by Brad Lubman and Musica Nova and is open to anyone, and a plentiful question and answer session will complete the event. Y’all come! We promise a ton of value and a good time to boot.  Milk and Cookies included in the price of admission.  $00.00