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improv: st. alia of the knife - live

from music for visuals: live sessions - an eternal album by dave stafford

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improv: st. alia of the knife - oboe solo - live

(note - this same track also appears on the pureambient album SSDL1747 "classical - an eternal album")

There is a live performance video of this track on YouTube, at: tinyurl.com/5rau3m8


track: 01

session date: 20110529 take: 1 duration: 1:35

description: live guitar synth oboe solo

accompaniment: random reverse guitar loop


one of the very first recordings made with my then-brand new roland gr-55 guitar synth. this is an improvised oboe solo played over a randomly selected loop of guitar playing backwards.

on top of the lovely reverse guitar sound, I give the oboe sound of the guitar synth a first real workout, coming to terms with the idiosyncrasies of the gr-55, but having an absolute blast creating this impromptu improvised oboe solo - the sheer joy of being able to "play" an oboe from the very familiar guitar fretboard, is incredibly liberating.

just a few short weeks after this improv was recorded, I began working on what became the first track on the "classical" eternal album; "concerto no. 1 in e minor for oboe and guitar" and during the making of that piece, I honed my skill on virtual oboe further still - but this track, "st. alia of the knife" was the first, was the forerunner, and proved to me that I could master the somewhat peculiar techniques required to get good-sounding takes from the roland guitar synth.

it's always a learning process, but when that process spins off a track as lovely as this one, well, that is a gift - and I was extraordinarily happy about the sudden unexpected appearance of this track - a most fortunate take on a most fortunate day. I hope you will enjoy this brief glimpse at the beginning of the guitar synth learning curve - I feel that I got off to a pretty good start.

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from music for visuals: live sessions - an eternal album, released May 17, 2014
dave stafford: roland gr-55 guitar synth

voice: oboe

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dave stafford Stirling, UK

ambient loop guitarist dave stafford performed on stage with robert fripp and the orchestra of crafty guitarists in early 2009, and again with robert fripp and the symphony of crafty guitarists in 2015, and has worked with ambient music and looping for over twenty years. stafford has a rich back catalogue of ambient and loop music, +rock, prog or acoustic crafty guitar music: www.pureambient.com ... more

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