Get Crafty in Yorkshire this Summer!
There will be a NST Weekend run in conjunction with Guitar Craft in the UK in July. If this in itself is not a rare enough event, then the fact that the activities will take place in the beautiful historic village of Saltaire in Yorkshire certainly is!
The Introduction to the New Standard Tuning (Saturday 2nd July 9am-6pm) is open to anyone who wishes to attend. No prior experience is required minimum age 18. The focus will be on fundamental principles of the use of both hands with an introduction to the New Standard Tuning and an introduction to guitar circle work. Principles of GC Primary Exercises will be presented. Work will be done on steel-string acoustic guitars using a pick, cost £35.
This one day Workshop (Sunday 3rd July 10am-5pm) is open to anyone who has already attended at least a residential GC Introduction Course. It is recommended for anyone with prior experience in Guitar Craft who feels the need to begin again and reconnect and as a preparation for the upcoming GC Projects. The focus will be on the review of fundamental principles in the use of both hands, calisthenics, repertoire and circle work, cost £25.
Assistant Guitar Craft Instructor Luciano Pietrafesa will direct both days.
Venue: Both courses will take place in and around Saltaire, Bradford, Yorkshire. Please see the websites for full information: www.nstweekend.co.nr www.guitarcraft.com or email .
As you will probably know GC related events are rare if non existent in the UK, so this is a rare event. Add to this the fact that the events will not take place in London but 200 miles away in the beautiful historic Victorian Village of Saltaire in Yorkshire and it can be seen that this event is unique!
Christian Fennesz & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Live at Sala Santa Cecilia CD
[TONE022CD] RELEASE DATE: 07-12-05)
Label: Touch
"This release features an edit of the duet between Fennesz and Sakamoto at their performance at Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome on 28th November 2004 - an introduction to a new collaboration between two highly regarded composers."
Great new track by Sweet Billy Pilgrim, for a limited time FREE for download is called Forget To Breathe.
Ryuichi's tour:
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Pf,Keyboars,Computer Programming)
Christian Fennesz (Guitar, Computer Programming)
Steve Jansen (Drums, Percussion, Computer Programming)
Skuli (Bass, Guitar)
and special guest star Cornelius, who will be appearing at Tokyo and Osaka.
Dates:
24 July : TOKYO
25 July : TOKYO
26 July : TOKYO
28 July : OSAKA
29 July : OSAKA
1 August : NAGOYA
Punkt
Jon Hassell and Nils Petter Molvaer will appear at Punkt05 in southern Norway on June 23.-25, alongside Biosphere, Supersilent, Arve Henriksen, Hu Vibrational etc. The festival is curated by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré, who have done remixes on Sylvian's Camphor and The Good Son vs. The Only Daughter.
Website: punktfestival.no