How improvarama works
improvarama works as a fully improvised music
ensemble. The players come and go. It is fully improvisational and
fully experimental in that traditional instruments (guitar, keyboards,
drums, etc.) are used as well as sounds produced by less traditional
sources (such as toys, bricks, woodblocks, electric static, spoken
voice, etc.).
improvarama is led by Doug Smith
and was founded as a way to create and capture music that is
distinctive, fun, innovative, emergent, fresh, and surprising.
Each
performance, and each recording, is fully improvised. Songs may form
that persist and sneak into a show and yet retain an emergent sense of
evolution and transformation. The purpose is to create something brand
new each time, totally appropriate to the circumstances, using
professional quality well practiced skills and novice-like freshness
and passion. Mistakes turn into adventures, cliches turn into rabbit
trails, jams turn into unified wholes
Will
you like improvarama? Is your
mind open? Is your spirit free? Do you enjoy a diet of diverse music
flowing from folklike to fantastical, from jazzlike to metal, from drum
jam to radio improv play? Give it a listen and see what you think --
just remember, like a river, you never hear the same improvarama twice.
Listen
to improvarama -- at our blog
Shop
for improvarama recordings and cool stuff -- coming one of these days!
Book
improvarama for a concert or workshops -- contact here, or write to: Doug
Collaborate
with improvarama -- contact here, or write to Doug
Learn
about improvised and experimental music -- coming soon!
Explore
improvised and experimental music resources -- our emerging collection!
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