Recordings of Improvisation

Excerpts from Improvisation

(last updated: 1/16/12)

Guitar: Eric Johnson

Vocal: Andrew Maxwell

Drummer notes:

Nick, Moore, and Bruce joined us for one evening each. Lots of stuff happened those nights. We jammed with Andrew Croeni about a dozen times, with lots of highlights. A couple samples are included here.

All the samples below are improvised first takes

(Click song titles to link to mp3 recordings.)

Got a record

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Moore

Eric's riff that we all joined in on. The last couple minutes of the first (and only) time the four of us got together.

Caress

Drums: Andrew Croeni

A meditation. Quadruplet vocals over triplet drums.

Delirious

Drums: Andrew Croeni

One of our first spontaneous melodic moments together.

Havoc

Bass: Alex

Drums: Andrew Croeni

Alex's laid down his bluesy groove, and a song came out.

Venerator

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Retten

Ben's epic groove that we all jumped in on.

What have you learned

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Nick Crocker

The first minute is Andrew sharing his chant with the group. Skip that to get to the climactic part.

Woke up

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Moore

A good example of a song being born on the fly, one hombre at a time. Ben launched this groove, then Andrew started singing, then Eric 'wakes up', then Moore clicks in.

Down from the sky

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Moore

The tail end of the jam that started with 'Woke up'. Wicked drum and guitar breaks.

Freaks in the Parade

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Bruce

A jangly slice of one of our jams.

Garden

Bass: Ben McQuillin

Drums: Moore

Ben's funky groove that we all joined in on.