Derek Bailey Bill Laswell Jack DeJohnette DJ Disk

`I didn't have a grandaddy nearly as hip, weird or happening as Derek Bailey. 1997. He said: "there is more playing per cubic unit in free playing than there is in any other kind of music" is the youtube commentary

Prepared Guitar with Duane Denison 0:15

• Sonic exploration: prepared guitar 0:30 -
• What is prepared music 1:20 -
• Guitar preparation #1:
• a plastic twist tie 2:00
• Example: a metallic, clanging sound or a very percussive sound 3:15
• Guitar preparation #2: the snare guitar (manipulating the strings naturally) 4:45 -
• Example: a snare sound 6:30 
• Guitar preparation #3: mixing multiple wraparounds 7:00 
• This will never sound the same way twice - there's an element of chance that is conceptually interesting

Legendary innovator, UK 'tabletop' guitarist Keith Rowe

The Noise Upstairs will be running a free-improv and experimental music jam night upstairs at The Golden Lion in Todmorden. Perfect, right?

John Russell - Crossing Bridges

John Russell, on the Channel Four series on guitarists "Crossing Bridges" directed by Brian Izzard. 1984.