I just finished writing a guitar duet based on the idea of soul delay. I read about it in Willian Gibson's book "Pattern Recognition." The idea is then your soul can only travel at about 100m per hour, so if you travel over that speed, your soul can't keep up with your body. So, once you arrive at your destination it might take a few days for your soul to catch up with you. I really liked this idea and I started imagining the adventures my soul might have had on its way to Japan...a lonely early morning departure on silent seas...some turbulence and mythical creature sightings...a tribal dance in the shadows...arrival-cherry blossom snow and the final reunion celebrations.
The piece is called "Getting Here" and I'll be performing it next week in Nagoya at a possibly secret location.
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Sooo!!! Where is the performance??? We want to know. Gareth asked if you'll do the shiritori dance too.
The book sounds cool. Is it a Murakami?
t's next Sunday at a place called Yama no Hallin Nagakute. The concert's pretty long and my performance is at the end. It's kind of the test run- if it goes well then
I'll send you guys a flyer for the next concert. As for the shiritori dance, I might do it on request. Tell Gareth I can teach it to him if he wants. I'm thinking about making an instructional video
The book is by William Gibson- I highly recommend it!
Hope all is well with you
Any new news?
Good luck with the concert and definately tell us about the next one!
I'll keep an eye out for the book.
Hehehe... can you just imagine Gareth doing the Shiritori dance. We'd have to get him VERY drunk ;)
Special K has started the year off with a bang... annoying me already.
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