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Rhys Chatham’s A Crimson Grail Returns

A Crimson Grail rehearsal, 2008 It was a sad night last year when 216 guitarists and bassists were told three days of rehearsal were all for nought due to rain. Wordless Music is thankfully remounting it again this year on Saturday, August 8, 2009, with precautions in place that’ll make sure the show goes on, [...]

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200 Guitars Cancelled

Great rehearsal photos at Brooklyn Vegan. My music stand is in a couple. As a couple of the commenters at BV noted, the management could’ve easily informed the crowd earlier of their decision to silence the guitars. There were contingency plans to perform the piece in the rehearsal space — the church — and the [...]

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Bought a Bass Head

I just bought a 150 watt Crate bass head from Craigslist for a very good price and it sounds a lot better than the Marshall head that I originally bought the Marshall cabinet with. It’s not the creamy tube sound everyone loves but it certainly does the trick and I have a new appreciation for [...]

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