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Artistry of Life: A conversation between Shane Parish and Wendy Eisenberg



Listen to these veritable masters of guitar in freewheeling conversation, ranging from guitar pedagogy to Anthony Braxton to Bruce Lee. Check below for a list of references to some of the things mentioned throughout this fascinating exchange.


Thanks to Wendy and Shane for their consideration of my transcription abilities. I am shitty at transcribing, so I just highlighted some of the concepts referenced throughout.


Way Haul Away available now on cassette, for digital download, and streaming everywhere!

https://dearliferecs.bandcamp.com/album/way-haul-away



References:


interview w/ Chris Weisman about "Nonmusical Patterns and their Musical Uses"

https://workandworry.com/2011/01/12/interview-chris-weisman-nonmusical-patterns/


Shane's 2016 record for John Zorn's Tzadik, 'Undertaker Please Drive Slow'

https://shaneparish.bandcamp.com/album/undertaker-please-drive-slow


Eduardo Fernandez's Technique, Mechanism, and Learning

https://www.melbay.com/Products/20069/eduardo-fernandez-technique-mechanism-learning.aspx


Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do

https://bruceleefoundation.org/jeetkunedo/


Fireside Book of Folk Songs

http://find.mtsu.edu/vufind/Record/.b1185554x/TOC


Wendy Eisenberg's "'A Bunch of Riffs': Language, Post-Modernity, and the Politics of Inclusion in Improvised Music"

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IS6fN8vN5XXfEYoIMn58_pPuPZXocumg


The Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inter Mounting Flame

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ofh_S52Uks


Yngwie Malmsteen "More is More"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHZ48AE3TOI


Shane's foundational genre-bending band Ahleuchatistas

https://ahleuchatistas.bandcamp.com/


Shane's piece 'Leicester Highway,' released on Tompkin's Square, curated by Ryley Walker

https://tompkinssquare.bandcamp.com/track/leicester-hwy


Shane performing Eric Slick's Etudes

https://shaneparish.bandcamp.com/album/the-slick-ep


George Van Eps "Harmonic Mechanisms"

https://www.melbay.com/Products/93667/george-van-eps-harmonic-mechanisms-for-guitar-volume-1.aspx


Bruce Lee's "Artist of Life"

https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/05/29/like-water-bruce-lee-artist-of-life/


Wendy and Shane's 2019 collaborative release 'Nervous Systems,' released on Verses Records

https://versesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nervous-systems

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