NILAN
WAVELENGTH #26
AUGUST 6 - 10PM
At Wavelength, Nilan the solo artist will be playing
his guitar with an additive/sampling pedal called the Boomerang. This is
what he has to say about his place in the music world:
My name is Nilan. I play guitar, ghembri and bass and sometimes I sing.
It takes a bit of habit combined with ordinary nastiness to look outside a
TV and think that you have something to say. Habit coming from being in "new
jazz/new music" ensembles since '84 and not watching TV for over two years.
Prepared guitar means that you stick foreign objects into the sound
reproduction characteristics of a guitar in order to create sounds that are
not normally associated with the guitar.
I do this as well as regular guitar technique in order to let you into my
musical processes and ideas through the act of improvisation. Improvisation
can be defined as spontaneous composition. Everybody has done this, from
Bach to Thurston Moore, from ancient Afro/Asian cultures to
Ellington/Parker/Ornette/AACM and beyond.
You can do it too. Listen to cool/clever/ consistent/solid music, get an
instrument, learn how to play it, be humble/rigorous, associate with
like-minded individuals and play with no fear. Joy will occur.
This is how I did it. Come and see if it all worked out. Peace.