PGI #1: Watasun, The Miles Davis Jam

Playground.is #1: 6th March 2011.

Watasun arrived with a basic melody line, some lyrics for the chorus, and the (potentially paraphrased) words of Miles Davis "It's not about the mistake, it's about the note you play right after".

The audience of around 40 people arrived in small groups. Most had never met before. Some bought instruments, others played ones bought by the band and the PGI team.

Watasun and the audience worked together for 45 minutes on building the song and The Miles Davis Jam was born.

Playground.is a free event, with free booze (thanks to Howe Sound Brewing Co.), and an atmosphere free of judgement.

It doesn't matter if you can't play guitar, have no rhythm, or if you're tone deaf. Just come together. And create.

Credits:

Cameras:

Jem Garrard (jemgarrard.com)
Greg Gillespie (passengerone.com)
Brock Whitten (sintaxi.com)

Editing: Greg Gillespie (passengerone.com)


Audio: Rich Smith (youngexecutivemusic.com)

Band: Watasun (watasunmusic.com)
Host: Jeff Bryant (therealjeffbryant.com)
Guest Photographer: Jonathan Dy (behance.net/​jonathandy)

Backing Vocals and Percussion:

Alex Barrow, Allison Fowler, Blaire Mackenzie, Byron Dauncey, Chris Couto, Cory Curtis, Dan Lindsay, David Phu, Deon Blyan, Devin Miller, Fleur Smit, Hugh Wellman, Ian Burns, Jack Keester, Jamie Lubiner, Jason Swanepoel, Jonathan Dy, Jude Popp, Julianna Christiansen, Kaleigh Brown, Kurtis Stewart, Kyla Bourne, Laura Burns, Laura Shand, Michael Champion, Michael Paul, Nick Schelle, Rachel Boese, Rob Hamilton, Robin Avery, Sangito Bigelo, Sara Bradshaw, Schuyler Lindberg, Stephen Kidd, Tamera Lay, Tanya Peterson, Tavia Cosper, Wade Andrew, Zoe Bradshaw, Rhys Rees, Alysha Brillinger.

The rest of the PGI Team:

Adam Schelle and Kev Holloway (adamandkev.com)
Erin Bishop (filosophi.com)
Teak Sato (teaksato.com)
Ruby Smith
Mark Parrott (markparrott.com)
RC (myspace.com/​mongooserocks)
Blair Kaplan (blairkaplan.ca)

Category:

Music

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