[NewMusic] Marco Eneidi's Animal Farm

[Damon Smith]

That was the one of closest it ever came to an "all star" cast. That 
band has always had a workshop/community thing going on. A lot of us, 
myself included got many of our early experiences in that group, 
something I had to consider when helping to assemble it.  So a perfect 
performance or ensemble is not exactly the idea.
The volume got out of hand, but I have had much, much worse experiences 
in that group with one drummer (in particular).  I also think some of 
the horn players could have went for it a little more since it was 
going there anyway. Marco, Jingle and Steve Adams all took some great 
solos from what I could hear.
Still, Mr. Walter I am willing to bet any of those players would show 
up and take your direction and I bet 21 grand would give you the gig. 
That is the great thing about the Bay Area.

Damon

On Feb 27, 2007, at 10:51 PM, weasel walter wrote:

>> * Too loud for that room
>
> needed two less drummers and two less bass players. period. i know 
> which
> ones i'd pick too . . .
>
> most of the volume was generated by the rhythm section and it was
> completely unnecessary in my opinion. it wasn't even overkill, just 
> BS. i
> played on maybe 20 percent of the entire gig tops because i refused to
> add to the clutter and pointless noisemaking that was going on. i know 
> -
> it sounds funny to hear me of all people saying something like this, 
> but
> if i don't hear interplay and sensitivity in high volume/density
> situations i become disinterested really, really quickly. you can have
> your cake and eat it.  i understand why drummers have the reputation 
> they
> do and this gig was a nail in the coffin . . . i chose to abstain.
>
> all in all, i would have a hard time judging the actual musicality of 
> the
> whole thing unless if i were to hear the recording. with that much 
> stuff
> going on, it's very possible that it was better than what it sounded 
> like
> where i was sitting. i wish marco would have conducted more and
> particularly told some of the drummers to chill the fuck out.
>
> ww
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