Paul Rubenstein

I hope this is not true.

For next time around, I highly suggest using Thomastik-Infeld Classic S Series Classical Guitar Strings. They last long, stay in tune well, and sound great. They also work well with electromagnetic pickups (which I make) which is why I know about these.

View from the Ship... here's the "after"; "before" is below...

I like this album quite a bit. I don't mind at all that the lyrics don't seem to make sense on the surface... it gives them an air of mystery. I think Anderson took criticism of that too much to heart... his later lyrics are transparent new age cheese. He should've stuck with weird and cryptic IMO.

Bongwater
Land of the Blind
Laurie Anderson
Trillian Green
Amy Denio

Not remotely interested in any piece of music that can be described as a "banger".

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Really good to hear from you! I feel so disconnected from my past, and each chapter is like a self-contained unit. Most of my closest friends have left the planet, too. Feels good to reconnect.

Thanks for the heads-up!!

Paul Rubenstein I'm a multi-instrumentalist, improviser, composer and instrument inventor/builder. I've played in a rock band (Neem) which I wrote all the songs for, in a world-fusion improv duo (Bakshish), an experimental avant-garde band (Spacepeople) and plenty of solo stuff, including film scores. Did music for improv theater and modern dance. I play music every day but rarely perform or release these days.

I've only gotten weirder. :D
paulrubenstein.bandcamp.com

I put my signed poster (Sun Ra and Marshall Allen) on my bedroom door in a shared house and forgot it when I moved out. :(
I found a copy of the poster online though... on some point I'm going to make a t-shirt of it.

See? I knew it would it pay off making you sign that thing saying you'd stay musically adventurous. :P XD
I'm still playing too. Moved to Seattle right after graduation, stayed there 9 yrs, was in NYC '01-17, now I'm in the Baltimore area. Good experimental music scene here.

Remember when we talked to Marshall Allen after the show? And then went to the green room and met Sun Ra? That was quite the night.

Holy crap!! How're you doing, man?

I ended up starting with the one I'm reposting here, because I liked it least and wouldn't mind if I screwed it up. This is the result:

Interesting update, with the gun and nuclear missle. Makes sense.

I met Sander, but didn't really know him. I believe he was the founder of SoftSkull. I vaguely remember there was some controversy he was involved in, but can't recall what it was about.

He was kind of the main guy, back in the day. My friend/housemate at the time, Don, was writing a book about the Unabomber for SoftSkull. He was out of town and called to ask me to open his mail... so now I can say I opened a letter from the Unabomber and survived.

Don't suppose you ever heard of Bakshish, or Neem? Bakshish used to play at the Ok Hotel and the Speakeasy a lot, mid to late 90s. Neem was earlier, played the Peace concerts, Lake Union Pub, among others.

Headstock of a guitar with a demon face, possibly Mahakala. The demon has four horns, a long beard, and bright red eyes.

Mahakala

headstock of one of my guitars...

When were you there? I was there from 92 to 01. Lived in Ballard for a bit of it.

Congrats! Hey, is Sander Hicks still at Soft Skull? I'm glad to hear they're still going.

I'm into a balance of order and chaos, and the contrast those create. A mix of composition and improvisation, diverse influences, trying to explore unchartered territory but with some portion of the familiar as an anchor/guidepost.

Whoa, that's crazy... I'm one day older than him.

The songs are a lot less complicated than teachers/professors in my past made them out to be. I like that studying these will give me insight into how these guys thought about composing.

So this morning I took my first crack at it... flipping to songs at random, not worrying about the heads for now, and playing the chords with both hands. I stay on each chord for extra bars bc it takes me a little time to find some of them (esp. the altered ones). Better than I expected.

Thanks. I've never heard of them, I'll have to look them up now.

Checking out your youtube account now, and found your bandcamp through it. You have a lot more on youtube. Listening to Ad Astra, Ab Aeterno now... it's not grabbing me immediately the way this piece did, but I'll give it some time.

What would you say were the biggest influences on this piece and/or your style in general? And where can I hear more?

I'm just a few minutes in and I already like this a lot. It has its own logic, which reveals itself as you go. The closest thing I can think of is Cecil Taylor, but it's very different from his music. Nice work!!