4-panel CD digipak with cover art inspired by John D and designed by Jeff Crandall. CD contains full 10 songs. CD will also include hand written personal thank you note and if you are willing to wait a bit it can be arranged to have the band sign it.
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about
One of the best pieces of grant-getting advice I ever got was this: send the best recording of your best work, and nothing else. This song is one I use when applying for grants. The songs on this album, "Dissonant Creatures," are my best recordings and I'd like the rest of my albums to be this good. I also have two very talented musicians to thank who produced and performed on the songs on this album: Jeff Crandall and Tyson Allison. I've never been fond of grant writing, but have ended up with a few grants, fellowships, residencies, and contest winnings over the past two decades of my life, so I feel fortunate. I'm always happy when a composer or musician is able to nail down some money, or a notable award that will help them out. Unfortunately, musicians are now the vagabonds of society and we sometimes have to live off handouts like grants. I hope someday we don't.
credits
from Dissonant Creatures,
released July 18, 2013
Aaron Kerr--piano, cello
Tyson Allison--synth, effects, percussion
Jeff Crandall--guitar
The debut LP from the Chicago multidisciplinary artist strikes a bold balance between meticulous structure and improvisation. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 10, 2022
Free-flowing, loosely structured songs that borrow lightly from jazz and ambient but expand in directions all their own. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 7, 2023
Improvisational pieces that blossom into moments of melody and cover topics such as “voltage & how certain apples will keep you young.” Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 18, 2023