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BELOW: Theano is an improviser - here is an on-the-spot Improv -
the moment she discovered a new effect
she dove right in & played around . . . . . all fun, no edit !
the moment she discovered a new effect
she dove right in & played around . . . . . all fun, no edit !
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Bungee Jumpin'
written & recorded by Theano & Chuck Lamb in 1996, with Kirwan Brown on bass. The Frequent Flyers, an aerial dance troupe from Boulder, CO, used this track for their performance at the 2008 Democratic Nat'l Convention (seen in this video clip). Bungee Jumpin' is the last cut from Theano & Chuck's, On a Road One Way CD. In it's entirety the song is a 17 min. odyssey - recorded live - and is an improvisation |
Cool on the Coast
written by Chuck Lamb in 1979. The performance here begins with an improv by Chuck that integrates another of his compositions from 2012,Gazebo; together here with the Brubeck Bros Quartet (Chris-bass, Dan-drums, Mike DeMicco- guitar) in St. Petersburg, Russia. Cool on the Coast was recorded by Chuck's own band with Theano (1984, not yet released) and by the BBQ on their CD, Classified/2008 on the Koch label. |
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! an increased awareness of !
SOUND & RHYTHM
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in a relaxed atmosphere that includes live accompaniment
of wood flutes, didjeridoo, drums, percussion & piano
E X P E R I E N C E
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Tuning Toning
Warming Motion
Breath Sound
Time Silence
Harmony Listening
. . r h y t h m s . .
. . . WHY ARE WE DOING THIS ?
For many years after we performed, I was approached by folks interested in voice lessons.
My journey as a vocalist and a musician is an intuitive, organic and spiritual (not religious) one.
The voice is an instrument that you don't stash away in a case or leave alone in a room.
Your voice is always with you and is comprised of all the infinite aspects of who you are.
I had no immediate way to teach this .
I felt that my perspectives were not only beyond my ability to articulate accurately
but as well sprang from innately mysterious and non-definable soul/spirit places to begin with.
I am very comfortable in this zone since it is second nature to/for me.
How could I help a person find their own voice?
Such a journey is deeply personal.
When I started out I had several different voice teachers
and I found their lessons to be primarily scholarly with physical exercises that, though valid,
were irrelevant to how I experienced music and singing.
Slowly an idea came to me of what I could do to stimulate and inspire a voice to find itself,
along with the consequent conceptual and creative exercises
that would be particularly effective in a group.
Voices singing together encourages freedom, eradicates judgement
and engenders the distinct experience of the soulful energetic magic of voices combined.
Also - and just as vital as anything - it's fun.
a song,
and may you walk in beauty,
Theano
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For many years after we performed, I was approached by folks interested in voice lessons.
My journey as a vocalist and a musician is an intuitive, organic and spiritual (not religious) one.
The voice is an instrument that you don't stash away in a case or leave alone in a room.
Your voice is always with you and is comprised of all the infinite aspects of who you are.
I had no immediate way to teach this .
I felt that my perspectives were not only beyond my ability to articulate accurately
but as well sprang from innately mysterious and non-definable soul/spirit places to begin with.
I am very comfortable in this zone since it is second nature to/for me.
How could I help a person find their own voice?
Such a journey is deeply personal.
When I started out I had several different voice teachers
and I found their lessons to be primarily scholarly with physical exercises that, though valid,
were irrelevant to how I experienced music and singing.
Slowly an idea came to me of what I could do to stimulate and inspire a voice to find itself,
along with the consequent conceptual and creative exercises
that would be particularly effective in a group.
Voices singing together encourages freedom, eradicates judgement
and engenders the distinct experience of the soulful energetic magic of voices combined.
Also - and just as vital as anything - it's fun.
a song,
and may you walk in beauty,
Theano
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[to come : Chuck talks about his approach to teaching improvisation]
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offers a warm spectrum of sound recording functions, with many aspects of production including arranging, sound detailing & such . .
SWMP's 600 sf recording studio is inspiring in itself. .
A strawbale constructed building, located in a beautiful forest at the foot of auspicious fourteeners in Colorado. It is a LIVE recording studio, utilizing the latest ProTools and including a 6'4" Baldwin piano . . . h e a v e n . . .
S U N W H I T E M O O N P R O D U C T I O N
also offers CD, DVD & all sundry promotional Art & Design;
examples are below and throughout this website . . .