http://nascentmusic.com Nascent Music is a podcast of improvised music by Shane Carey on solo Chapman stick, usually but not always in a downtempo/ambient vein. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:40:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...and that's the official end of Nascent Music. The unofficial end, of course, was the recording on May 12th; but I didn't know it at the time.  However, over the last few months, as the podcast went on unscheduled hiatus for the umpteenth time, I've gradually realized that it's stopped serving ... http://nascentmusic.com/2008/08/31/thanks-for-listening/ http://shanecarey.net/nm/ I'm proud to announce the release of Greatest Hits and Misses, a 2-disc compilation of the best of Nascent Music. http://nascentmusic.com/2008/08/31/greatest-hits-and-misses/ http://nascentmusic.com/mp3/2008/05/nm20080511.mp3 An excursion into the world of long, sustaining echo. Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello! http://nascentmusic.com/2008/05/12/the-ungainly-valley/ http://nascentmusic.com/mp3/2008/05/nm20080504.mp3 A few different explorations over a loop of tapped harmonics. http://nascentmusic.com/2008/05/04/harmonica/ http://nascentmusic.com/mp3/2008/04/nm20080427.mp3 So, hey, only a week since the last one! This could be a trend or something! I will, at some point, resume describing the mood and context that influence each improvisation, but for now I'm just focusing on getting back in the habit of recording and posting (while intending to ... http://nascentmusic.com/2008/04/27/one-week-later/ http://nascentmusic.com/mp3/2008/04/nm20080420.mp3 It took 5 months to count all the reasons not to put up a new recording. I should have just stopped counting. http://nascentmusic.com/2008/04/20/5-months-later/ http://nascentmusic.com/mp3/2007/11/nm20071114.mp3 Rest, relaxation, and absorbing new ideas. Guess I can't spell too well. Anyway, here's a slightly more song-oriented little jam. There's some distortion in this recording.  Unfortunately, it's in the source.  In taking some things apart for travel and putting them back together again, something seems to have gotten ... http://nascentmusic.com/2007/11/14/the-three-rs/ http://nascentmusic.com/mp3/2007/10/nm20071022.mp3 Celebrating a second year of podcasting improvised Stick music! By Giant-Sized, I mean 48 minutes and 44 MB.  As I did last year, here's a breakdown of how that time is spent: 00:00-02:15: Introduction and Thanks 02:15-23:25: Improvisation I 23:25-25:36: The Big Idea 25:36-47:03: C + Improvisation I + Improvisation II 47:03-48:21: Conclusion Thanks again to Emmett Chapman Bill ... http://nascentmusic.com/2007/10/22/giant-sized-annual-2/ http://nascentmusic.com/mp3/2007/10/nm20071015.mp3 A long and varied meditation in the key of C minor for this, the 100th episode of Nascent Music. http://nascentmusic.com/2007/10/15/c/ http://nascentmusic.com/mp3/2007/10/InC.mp3 If you're not familiar with Terry Riley's "In C," you might be interested to read about the process (here's Wikipedia's take). Although each segment is composed, not improvised, performing it requires the improvisation of some elements, and the listening, responding, and happenstance of the piece are very familiar to ... http://nascentmusic.com/2007/10/15/extra-in-c/