Prior to Chinapainting and now occasionally with Chinapainting (
see video), I worked initially with 2 drummers and me on guitar. That evolved to just a duo with drummer/found sound musician
Will Romano. We dubbed the project
East of Where. This project began as pre-improvisational using many of solo pieces as a foundation enhanced by Will's work then it evolved to total improv as I was evolving that way which made for a natural transference for me to the work of Chinapainting. As mentioned above Will joined Daryl and I last summer for our first Chinapainting show of the 2008 summer tour with a show in Williamsburg. East of Where still occasionally gets together for a gig and Will joined me last May as a NinJam participant in Krispen's
Boise Experimental Music Festival. We performed with Emily Hay and Motoko Honda.
