Steve Ball

SBRS Sept House Concert

Tonight: the new line-up is back in action:

Paul O'Rear (bass and vocals)
Ivan Lee (guitars and vocals)
Dan Moore (drums and vocals)
SB (acoustic guitars and vocals)

We've invited waaaay too many peeps, but given our recent rehearsals (and repertoire additions) this one is going to be fun. For me, I'm celebrating the (almost) completion of my five-year Windows Vista project(s) while formally ushering in a new phase of musical life.

Hope you can make it.

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Wow - a large and warm turnout... and a strong show, all around.

Set List from the Show

Running up that Hill
Hollow
Lay My Love
Walking in your Footsteps
Kneeling Down
I am (not?) in Love
Waiting Man
Solsbury Hill
Ballistic Blue
Needle and Thread
I Want to Live Here
Night Wall
Your Move / All Good People
Dark
Naïve Melody
She’s Not Coming Back

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Dinner Theatre

Evening: what a priviledge to witness Matt Richter's 100% sold out Dinner Theatre at On the Boards.

This future history of the Art of Food was sort of like Blue Man Group at the Herb Farm.

I hope Matt can find funding to take this show to NY, LA, and SF.

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YouTube: Airport Exercise

Cool: Looks like David LaVallee put the Airport Exercise video up on YouTube!

Congrats to YouTube for becoming BootlegTV.

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Earning a Living from Music

Big news of the day: found a check from PlayNetwork for a meager sum covering three months of royalties for the song that had been playing in 579 stores from Jan-Mar of this year.

I also presumably have some royalties waiting at DGM and BMG publishing from, oh, let's say 14+ years of League of Crafty Guitarists CD sales and some more substantial royalties waiting from the DGM online shop for sales of various CDs, box sets, and stickers?

Fortunately, I earn a living via other means.

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Captain Kumbaya

Evening Work: Captain Kumbaya. (3.0M mp3)

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Rockwork: 2 years later

Holiday: more two-year anniversary archive mining: Rockwork. (19.7M mp3)

Interesting to hear this two years later, as if it were yesterday. Reminds me (again) of David Liptak and my first day of freshman music theory class at University of Illinois where I first heard Steve Reich (Music for 18 Musicians) and Laurie Anderson (O Superman) -- it was like opening my ears for the first time.

This also feels as if it were yesterday.

Rockwork combines the 4 against 5 chords of the previous Shockwork and adds two fractal, iterative, intertwined running piano lines combined with three guitar 'drones.' No sequencer or click -- minimal editing -- just hit record and played one track after another, 13 minutes each.

Wonder what the Ximer* version of this would sound like? May have to wait ten years until the pendulum swings back to find out.

* Ximer = post BootlegTV, pre-Microsoft 'dynamic music' startup that never got off the ground.

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Shockwork: 2 years later

Two years ago: Shockwork. (4.9M mp3)

Much of my recent work involves absorbing shock.

This weekend, I'm taking a couple of days off for reflection on what might come next after reaching multiple upcoming 5-year milestones.

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RC1: like Clockwork

Blast from the Past: this piano piece, played and posted exactly two years ago Clockwork. (5.5M mp3)

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News: Windows Vista RC1 is released! And the Night Wall DVD is one step closer to completion. RC1 is released in sync with the latest Channel 9 video to hit the street. Along with a dizzying array of diverse observations from around the world.

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Also, as I mentioned a while back, here is some music from friend and Seattle Electric Guitar Circle member, Joel Palmer.

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