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Music in the 5th Decade

FADE/DISSOLVE Cinematic Noise Trio, My New Project

12/29/2019

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Fade/Dissolve is an improvised music project consisting of Gordon Way (percussion and loops), David Story (synthesizer and percussion), and William Davison (prepared guitar and amplified objects). Based in Toronto, Canada, the group creates improvised, experimental "soundtracks" to imagined films using a variety of electronic and electroacoustic sound sources. These soundtracks are later paired with abstract video fragments to create surreal and expressionistic ambient music videos.

Gordon Way makes digital images and films, plays drums, designs expressionist sound loops and compositions. ​Because otherwise he would go mad.

David Story, synthesist and drummer. Making great noise since 1974 when in the family basement his mad scientist comrade brought over a clarinet and a paper bag with two wires with protruding alligator clips: one for the horn, the other for the amp.

William Davison is the founder of Recordism. Unfortunately, neither he nor anyone else knows what that is.

Find us here: 
https://fadedissolve.weebly.com/
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End of Year 2019

12/21/2019

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Good bye to the decade. The most tumultuous of my life. Started in grief, morphed to relief and ended in Joy. 

Bring on the new decade. 

David
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Week of December 16th

12/17/2019

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  1. Last week of classes. Three weeks of R+R and music practice and study ahead. 
  2. Saw Mark Eisenman today. What a guy. What a great teaching coach. (I'm busy refreshing the teaching curriculum.)
  3. Jam Wednesday drumming
  4. Jam Thursday piano
  5. Friday drum lesson with Lowell and the art of NOLA funkiness
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Week of December 8th

12/13/2019

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  1. Big band night Thursday, last minute sub as a drummer. I'm still alive.
  2. Friday classical piano coaching exploring articulation in "Classical era" music. 
  3. Friday drum coaching, and cymbal comping techniques. 
  4. Created and posted jazz metronome videos on YouTube.                         https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfu5XKCRVDpg4h_nDvcHZzYjHS-Myk5G8
  5. William, Gordon and I created began creating our website and social media materials for our new project. Stay tuned. 

​David


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Learning my Jazz standards

12/2/2019

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Five new standards from memory tomorrow, 10 Am for my jazz piano coach. Oh boy. 
  1. Everything I love
  2. I hear a rhapsody
  3. I remember you
  4. You stepped out of a dream
  5. And, an old chestnut I polished off: All the things you are.

Wednesday: Trio jam, my basement. Yeah!

Thursday: Annette Jam

Friday: Drum coach


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