Never Weather
Never Weather is my newest band, which I lead from the drum set. The music I wrote for this project is inspired by Free Jazz, Rock, and Chamber music, and explores complex themes such as the emotional impacts of climate change. This dynamic quintet features Aaron Wolf on sax, Josh D Reed on trumpet, Tyler Harlow on bass, and Justin Rock on guitar. Our debut album, Blissonance is out now! on Ridgeway Records. Listen and Buy it on bandcamp.com, linked below.
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Never Catch Up
A blues with sort of an Ornette Coleman meets King Crimson sensibility. My friend Ari, who's a middle school band teacher, once spoke about the difference between teaching boys and girls, "in my experience, the boys...we're slow out of the gates and we just never catch up." So this piece is dedicated to all of the women in the world, who us boys will frankly never catch up to. |
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Bring Back the colorThis is a reflection on longing for the past and all the many shapes and forms that can come in. Musically the harmony and melodies are composed using one of Olivier Messiaen's "Modes of Limited Transposition" giving this a semi familiar sound mixed with a somewhat out of reality, inner-worldy reflective sound for me.
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morbiqueMorbique: adjective- The morbid desire to travel to places to experience them before they are radically altered by climate change or other manmade changes. The morbidity of this desire or action is often exacerbated by the fact that the mode of transport required to reach these places often burns fossil fuels, thereby accelerating the destruction of the very place one desires to visit.
bureauoflinguisticalreality.com/portfolio/morbique/ Musically, this piece is sort of a prompted free-improvisation. There are 4 melodies on the page, each with their own counter melody. The rules of the exploration are that we start at the beginning and then each person has the freedom to play any of the melodies at any time and any speed, or improvise to connect them together. Where it goes is always really fun and fascinating. |
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