http://mattbaumannmusic.com/news.html matt baumann: journal Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:14:39 -0700 http://mattbaumannmusic.com/news.html#58
i began another album, "stranded" earlier this week.

elsewhere, "far gone" will see a release.

i listened back to this album a few nights ago and finally tuned myself into its vastly different sound. believe me, this record sounds very different than the others. eric recorded it and it is unique.

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i recorded this album solely on alto saxophone, which lends itself to the mood of space, echo, and emptiness very, very well. i also used a new recording technique that i hadn't used before; recording my saxophone from the inside. miking the interior of the saxophone really helped in creating a new kind of sound and many different echoes and textures...i'll be sure that i get a new track or two posted sometime today.

thanks for reading and thanks so much more for listening...

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with the new year comes new music and new goals. 2009 unfortunately was a year of creative drought for me. i only released one album last year (as opposed to the seven I recorded and released in 2008) and the one record of 2009 was the second foray into duality with eric barnett, "late nights, early mornings". "late nights" was reviewed well and we were happy with it, but i personally struggled to record a solo album that i was happy with. i found that all my efforts of the previous year in creating whole desolate soundscapes solely from my saxophones culminated in "sojourner" (dec. 2008). in my opinion, "sojourner" and "an island" were so complete and as close to perfect as i could make them, that i struggled to figure out in which direction to go...so basically, i went no where...the one solo recording that did come out of 2009 was "far gone" though it won't be released till' early this year...that record was recorded last summer, but due to some computer problems was delayed...now "far gone" is finally on the cusp of finality...the album should be done soon (no specific dates) and eric is putting the finishing touches on it following the hassles and delays of 2009.

also in more album news; a musical friend of mine pete fosco, has come out with a new vinyl (record) label, greenup st. industries...pete asked me to send him something for it and i am currently working on getting that done...this is a very cool opportunity for me considering that my albums are so desolate and quiet...i always thought a vinyl album would be good for my music. more on this as i finish it. thanks for checking in and i'm sorry about the delays that have sidelined me and hopefully with a little luck 2010 will be a much more productive year...

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this WILL be released by me and I cannot give enough thanks to my wife ligaya, artist william rock, poet/artist huang xiang, and of course the unbelievable erhu artist, mimi jong. this is a completely improvised record, but the result is undeniably unique. meditative, quiet, haunting, and pure...

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"far gone" is well on it's way...mixing is being done by eric and I hope it to be finished before the end of the year. the reason it has been such a lengthy process is that eric is employing the use of reel to reel tape and other analog means to extract the cold from the record and give it a warm lo-fi quality. thanks for staying with me during this time. i hope you all are well and i send you all my best heart-felt wishes.

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i hate to say that the new record is delayed due to some technical difficulties...equipment issues have made the mixing a problem. when things are ironed out the record will follow. i haven't forgotten about it, but life has a way becoming an obstacle rather than an ally. please, please stay tuned. thank you all again and again...

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this record represents a new start in my music. gone are the huge walls of reverb and gone is the cavernous feel of my ambient solitude. within this record lies a new kind of ambience which captures all the sounds around where I stood. you can hear the sounds of breath, my saxophone keys, the wood floors, walls, and the sounds of life all around. here you can really wrap your ears around the sound, and not just the sound of my saxophones, but the sounds of the room.

everything is new on this album; from the way it was recorded, down to the handwritten cover and liner notes...

thank you all for your support and patience as i tried to find a new way.

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as always thank you so much for your support...

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