These sessions begin with nothing. The players arrive without a shred of material and we just play the first thing that comes into our heads.
It doesn't look like a studio in here. There are a few things missing, technicians for one thing. Nobody in here but us players. I have it all rigged so that I can run the gear myself. I've spent many happy hours tinkering with the wires, microphones, pre-amps, cameras and crevulators so that it's all routed, line checked and hidden. When the doorbell rings I flip everything into record -- cameras and audio -- and the hard drives are burning until the last man leaves. With the technology in mufti, all you can see is a jungle of musical instruments. The players pick an amp, drum or horn and start playing without considering that the Sacred Grove is already in record.
Spontaneous Recordings at the Sacred Grove.
These sessions begin with nothing. The players arrive without a shred of material and we just play the first thing that comes into our heads.
It doesn't look like a studio in here. There are a few t...