LA Knees photos from JCI Carnival
Saturday, July 16th, 2011The beautiful and talented Kim Nakashima came to our performance at JCI Carnival and took some great photos. Thank you, Kim!
Recent book reviews – July 2011
Friday, July 8th, 2011
New piece: i31d03d!jns+vw Mingle-Mangle
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011Every wacky slant-drum idea we’ve had in the last 2 years crammed into 13 minutes. Thank you to the LA Knees crew for their help in putting this piece together. Looking forward to more exploration!
Click the image below for the score. Original SVG file can be found below.
New piece: Untitled naname (slant) solo
Thursday, May 12th, 2011I’ve cobbled together some of the things I’ve been practicing for the last few months into a rough solo piece. The composition has provided lots of inspiration thus far but I feel this practice arc coming to a close. I’m hoping some constructive criticism would give me a few more hours of motivated practice. Any suggestions of things I should try differently?
Watch the video with click-able timestamps here.
Untitled naname solo
Work in progress.
(00:06) ryoutan section
(01:56) movement section
(01:59) M1-4
(02:14) Tribeca
(02:30) Super Klock Don
(02:33) Backstroke
(02:43) Scissors
(02:48) Helio
(02:49) Wipers
(02:55) Cronkite
(03:10) ka section
(03:16) Kark (working name)
(03:33) Joan of Arc (working name)
(03:38) Joan of Ard (working name)
(03:43) Donzoko
Composed as a demonstration for 2011 “Bon Taiko Bonanza” Taiko Conference workshop. Performed by Kristofer Bergstrom, May 11, 2011. Composition and recording released under the Free Art License 1.3.
Reflecting on 5000 hours of practice
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011Tomorrow I will pass the half-way point toward my long-term goal of 10,000 hours of practice! This milestone is coming at a great time… April and May have been some of my best practice months ever (knock on wood). Here are a few thoughts on recent practice successes and on the 5000 hours thus far.
