The Jam Room Blog Thread.

mortlock · April 24, 2025, 10:36:28 PM

https://www.mixcloud.com/North_Star_Sounds/north-star-sounds-42225-w-special-guest-dave-voekl/

copy and paste that. the link insert thing isnt working for me. thats the show. insane free jazz and me sounding like an idiot.

Muffin Man · April 25, 2025, 11:53:25 AM

Mort, whats the timestamp? I see NPV but not seeing where in the TWO HOURS AND FOURTY TWO MINUTES. /new to free jazz. maybe there are no timestamps in free jazz

Muffin Man · April 26, 2025, 05:09:57 AM

STOP YELLING AT ME BILL.BRASKY.

/omg, look at the time

Muffin Man · April 26, 2025, 05:28:02 AM

mortlock · May 10, 2025, 02:51:16 PM

Tonight im playing in operational research opening for sleepytime gorilla museum. This will be a massive line up. Im not sure how many people but at least 12 or 13 that i know of for sure. Free jazz extravaganza big band.

I also may haved pushed things a bit too far as i booked a gig at an actual jazz club. New place just opened up in sodus point ny called the trestle. Now if you know the area you will think thats super weird. A jazz club at sodus point. Sodus point is a summertime destination for boaters and bikers and loud rock music. A Jazz club is the last thing you expect. My friend jon, who hosts the radio show i sat in with was out there for their opening representing the jazz radio station and told me the owner loves avant garde jazz although most of what he will book will be more strait normal jazz. For the fuck of it i sent the guy a msg and linked him to the npv bandcamp. A few hours later he responded and said he loved it and wanted to book us. We will clear his place of the normal people but he booked us anyways. I need to put together a bigger ensemble for this one.

mortlock · May 10, 2025, 10:35:38 PM

Gig of a lifetime. It was unreal. There were 18 musicians in total. heres the set up. It was all improvised but with a conductor giving some direction in real time.

Muffin Man · May 11, 2025, 04:18:29 PM

Hey that's cool!, mortlock.

mortlock · May 11, 2025, 07:46:05 PM

Pissy · May 11, 2025, 08:05:58 PM

Is it a federal mandate to play a sitar sitting on the ground? No chairs allowed?

Pissy · May 11, 2025, 08:06:45 PM

Also, looks and sounds like you had a blast. Right on.

mortlock · May 11, 2025, 11:05:04 PM

footage is not that great but here the only known video of the entire set.

mortlock · May 11, 2025, 11:24:59 PM

Quote from: Pissy on May 11, 2025, 08:05:58 PMIs it a federal mandate to play a sitar sitting on the ground? No chairs allowed?

and without shoes on i think.