Photo from 2640 August 7

It looks like we are tuning up:

Nuevo Tango trio with Susan Alcorn and Melissa Hullman. Photo from David Smooke.

Film Scoring for Conseil Quebecois de la Musique

Sight reading music for 12 francophone composers, scoring to film is a good time. Studio La Planete provided beautiful facilities (Neve!). The arrangements were for String Bass, Cello, Viola, Clarinet, 1st, and 2nd violins. This was all recorded to time code and a click track. Tempos would change to match the picture. The composers had a range of songs and effects, few open to improvisation, but many encouraging interpretation.

The production size of a film scoring operation can range from a single person, to a team of composer, orchestra, recording engineer, music producer, and director. I was happy to be on the side of the glass I was on, trying to make sense and something musical out of the situation. It was rather intense, and I would like to do this more.

Otherwise, I am saying goodbye to Montreal this week. My friends Eli and Ashley from Providence RI came up to play at L'Envers. Check them out at REL records. I made sure they had a St. Viator Bagel and some 2am putine. I am blessed to be hanging with Kalmunity on Sunday night at Dieze Onze. On Monday, Recorder experimentalist extraordinaire, Terri Hron, will be here via Amsterdam via Banff. Then, Band Apart will perform on Tuesday at my old stompin' grounds, L'Escalier. Wednesday night I will play piano bass duo with Julie Themens at Le Cafe Les Entretiens. All of this while I finish up the Frank Feutre record, and then I am OUT.

Italian Festival in Little Italy, Montreal, is loud and sleek. One went east, one went west, one flew over the cuckoo's nest. jkl