Tutuma’s Social Club

The Curtis Macdonald Group Live @ Tutuma’s Social Club

Monday, March 29th at 10pm

Featuring:

Cody Brown – Drums
Dave West – Piano
Rick Rosato – Bass
Lucas Pino – Tenor Sax
Yours Truly – Alto Sax/Compositions

Tea Lounge

Wednesday, February 17th at 9pm at
The Tea Lounge in Brooklyn, NY.

The Curtis Macdonald Group:

Jeremy Viner – Tenor Sax
Dave West – Piano
Chris Tordini – Bass
Greg Ritchie – Drums

the viper matrix vol.1

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This track is easily performed live, and is constructed so that no matter how hard you try it will sound different every time, it’s very intuitive to perform.   This opens up many ways to improvise and interact with additional instrumentalists and computer rigs.  As a bonus, all of the samples used in this example are acoustic.  David & I worked with the goal to make a live, interactive patch that sounds as if it had the vibe of a field recording.

extra style in the word “curate”

Tim Gough - NYTimes

New York Times reporter Alex Williams caught wind of how I used the idea of ‘curating’ to add a sense of community to venue promotion,  people for recordings, and my overall ideals for production in general.  Clearly, as his article examines, the term “curate” is no longer reserved for museums, or at least not here in New York City:

“They’re young, discerning and enterprising, and they’ve got a code word to tout it.”

“They don’t simply put on an event, they have an eye for it.”

Curtis Macdonald, a Brooklyn musician, also says that “curate” precisely describes his job: hiring bands for a local site.

“When given to opportunity to curate an evening of music, choosing the right bands is very similar to curating a museum,” Mr. Macdonald explained in an e-mail message. “Since I, the ‘curator,’ choose personnel based on a particular aesthetic, I am able to think of creative ways of presenting music beyond the traditional ‘call-up a venue and ask for a gig’ way of presenting.”

Check out the Full Article.

Solo Kitchen Bar

Greg Ritchie – Drums
Chris Tordini – Bass
Jeremy Viner – Tenor Sax
Yours Truly – Alto Sax/Compositions

Solo Kitchen Bar is a venue in Brooklyn faithfully curated by fantastic guitarist Aki Ishiguro.

Click Here for a Map on how to find Solo Kitchen Bar.