Sound artist, media artist and composer for both humans and computers. So much banjo, too
All of the videos from the field recordings of mind in morning project with poet Hank Lazer have been assembled into a playlist at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfbjRdn65YhoGXZk98dnAPyBylDeuATCF
Don’t forget that Hank’s book is available at BlazeVox and our audio recordings are available at Bandcamp.
Here’s the final video from the field recordings of mind in morning project with poet Hank Lazer. I’m pretty sure I randomly tuned the banjo just before this improvisation–there are some lovely, dissonant open string combinations that aren’t typical. Lots of chiming harmonics, too.
My favorite line from the poem: “I am nothing more than a location for change”
Here’s the penultimate video from the field recordings of mind in morning project with poet Hank Lazer. The banjo on this one is in standard Sawmill tuning (gDGCD) and played in clawhammer style.
My favorite line from the poem: “please show me what you are calling ‘now'”
Here’s this week’s video from the field recordings of mind in morning project with poet Hank Lazer.
Here’s this week’s video from the field recordings of mind in morning project with poet Hank Lazer. This poem feels like the heart of the book to me. And the two-finger, thumb lead, fretless banjo improvisation slides along right beside it.