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Hey all, There is almost no chance that any of you will be able to (or likely even want to) make it to this gig. But it makes me feel better to post the announcement anyway (since it's my first gig of the new year and one of several already scheduled). Nathan Hubbard is traveling up the West Coast performing along the way and when he wrote to request we do a gig together I jumped at the chance. Here's our little press release: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Announcing: Pioneers at the Hall A Concert of "New Music" by Southern California Musician/Composer Nathan Hubbard and Southern Oregon Guitarist/Improvisor Ted Killian March 28th, 2008 • 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm At Pioneer Hall, 73 Winburn Way, Ashland, OR 97520 Two Solo Sets and a Collaborative Duo Set Are Planned Admission $5.00 When was the last time you listened to anything particularly new, surprising or different, musically speaking - probably a long time ago in a very dry college music appreciation course, right? While there is certainly nothing wrong with pursuing and enjoying divertive listening experiences that are familiar, comforting and fashionable - there is much to be said for occasionally broadening your aural horizons (and palate) to include something a little less "normal." Imagine for a moment what music might sound like if it were aesthetically organized and created from a radically different perspective, a different set of motivations and considerations - perhaps even from another dimension, another planet, another intelligent species entirely. What would this music sound like? While nothing so exotic is specifically planned or promised for their program, that concept would be a handy one to keep in mind if you come out to hear percussionist Nathan Hubbard and guitarist Ted Killian when they perform on the last Friday of March at Pioneer Hall. Nathan Hubbard: Percussionist Nathan Hubbard's solo music is an amalgam of his work as an improviser, composer and instrument builder. Using acoustic and amplified instruments and a wide range of electronics, Hubbard creates a soundworld of multiple layers, where the music changes definitions of form, shape and outcome. This music has been presented in a wide variety of contexts, from concert halls and festivals to freeway underpasses and desolate mountain roads, and has been documented on the recordings Born On Tuesday (2004, Circumvention Music) and Blind Orchid (2007, Accretions Records). Beyond his solo work, Hubbard collaborates with guitarist Noah Phillips, fellow percussionist Curtis Glatter, the ARC Trio and the quartet Cosmologic, as well as leading his own Nathan Hubbard Trio, Nathan Hubbard/Everything After chamber quintet, Nathan Hubbard Octet, and the large ensemble Nathan Hubbard Skeleton Key Orchestra. Hubbard is also a member of the Trummerflora Collective. Ted Killian: For over four decades Ted Killian has explored his own personal vision and approach to guitar playing and music-making. There is almost no telling what will happen when he shows up to play. Not only are his electric guitar performances freely improvisational in nature (though he is sometimes known to quote recognizable snippets as disparate as Jean Sibelius, Herb Alpert, Jimi Hendrix, Isaac Watts, Phillip Glass or Krysztov Penderecki) he has also been known to employ such non-standard performance techniques as sawing on his guitar with a hack-saw, playing it with compressed air, kitchen utensils, springs, violin bows (or E-bow) in addition to his ever-present banjo picks and brass slide. He also employs an enormous amount of digital sound-processing and has been a pioneer of live "looping" technology for over 25 years. Primarily a solo act, he has nonetheless added his unique musical "stamp" to various ensemble works alongside a multitude of West Coast "new music" luminaries - foremost, (over the years), as a frequent musical foil for SoCal avant-jazz trumpeter Jeff Kaiser. Ted's own music playfully spans the distance from tender plaintive whisper to the passionate, volcanic, outpouring. His solo CD Flux Aeterna (2001, pfMENTUM) achieved a surprising amount of worldwide radio airplay and international critical acclaim for a recording by a musician that is resolutely out of the mainstream and flying below the radar. A live concert duet CD, Mojo at the Dojo (2008, BEMF/Kunaki) with fellow polyglot guitarist Krispen Hartung, was just released earlier this year. Ted has been performing actively throughout the Western States for the past 20 years and makes his home in Medford, Oregon. For further Information call 541-890-6225 or e-mail: tedkillian@charter.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ tEd ® KiLLiAn www.tedkillian.com http://www.myspace.com/tedkillianguitar http://www.myspace.com/tedkillian Flux Aeterna: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? playListId=6378076 Also check out the BEMF 1 CDs at: http://www.boisemusicians.com/experimental/cd.htm And: "Mojo at the Dojo" CD at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/hartungkillian And: "Experimentus" CD at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/krispen4 http://www.pfmentum.com/flux.html http://www.CDbaby.com/cd/tedkillian http://www.guitar9.com/fluxaeterna.html http://www.indiejazz.com/ProductDetailsView.aspx?ProductID=193 http://www.loopers-delight.com/cgi-bin/profiles.cgi? step=view_profile&id=121197000042 http://www.guitarplayer.com/story.asp?storyCode=18131 Ted Killian's "Flux Aeterna" is also available at Apple iTunes