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"Mama Said" Across 3200 Miles #MothersDay #FarPlay

Dixon & Densen’s R&B hit “Mama Said” bounces along as musicians play together across 3200 miles during this past Mother's Day session of Eden Casteel’s weekly Open Mic on FarPlay Meet.

The musicians:
Eden Casteel — piano & vocals (South Kingstown, RI)
Todd Tosetti — guitar & vocals (Central Illinois)
Jean-Luc Landry — bass guitar (Montreal, QC)
Robert Jackson — backup vocals (Coos Bay, OR)
David Liao — backup vocals (NJ)
Leyland Brenner — backup vocals (NJ)

To check out the growing list of Open Sessions (or add your own!) on FarPlay Meet, sign up to join the FarPlay Meet beta, free to all FarPlay subscribers: farplay.io/i/mama26

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Wayne Shorter's Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum from California to Chicago #FarPlayMeet

Ben Lewis (piano, Chicago), Tim Green (bass, Meridian, ID), and Doug Percell (drums, Orange County, CA) create a swinging groove as they perform Wayne Shorter's jazz standard "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum" across 2000 miles. This performance was recorded during one of Ben Lewis's Open Sessions on FarPlay Meet, our new platform that musicians are using to find others to play with. Meet is free to all subscribers. Ready to join an Open Session or start your own? Sign up for the FarPlay Meet beta: farplay.io/i/ffff26

#100daysofpractice day 96. 5 - 7 metric modulations with Jacob Collier, over If I Were a Bell.

Way back on day 59, @jacobcollier and I did a Paris - NYC session over @farplayapp, and we improvised this version of If I Were a Bell where we alternate between 5/4 and 7/4 while keeping the bar length the same.

At the time, we shared only the out-of-time coda that came after this, because it felt particularly magical. But now, continuing yesterday’s theme of metric modulation, here’s what came before.

I’m still amazed that we were able to do something this rhythmically intricate 3500 miles (5600 km) apart. We had about 45 ms of latency on @farplayapp, equivalent to playing with someone 45 ft (15 m) away from you in a room, which is noticeable but subtle: it just feels like the other person is laying back a bit on the beat. That we were able to do this is also a testament to Jacob’s rhythmic clarity.

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#musiclife #practice #multidisciplinary

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#100daysofpractice day 94. Reading figured bass with Emi Ferguson.

Another from the @farplayapp session yesterday with @emiferguson: 18th-century composer Bonporti’s Invention in C minor, which only exists in figured bass form — meaning there’s only a melody, a bass line, and chord symbols. So I’m improvising the piano part here, which I’ll be playing on clavichord this summer at the @oregonbachfestival with Emi playing baroque flute.

This is such a great repertoire choice from Emi: since the composition simply doesn’t include that much information, freedom is built in.

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#100daysofpractice day 93. FarPlay practice Brooklyn - Millerton with @emiferguson.

I’ve known Emi Ferguson for a few years now, and one of the things that always impresses me, aside from her great musicianship, is her openness to new ideas.

In our projects together, we’ve focused on baroque music, but today we tried something new: total free improvisation, 100 miles apart, using @farplayapp. Maybe we’ll bring a little of this to our clavichord-flute concerts this summer at @oregonbachfestival, who knows?

#musiclife #practice #multidisciplinary

Kenny Dorham's Blue Bossa across 2900 miles

The musicians are spread across 2900 miles, but the lilting bossa groove and harmonica's yearning melody just fit. Ben Lewis (piano, Chicago), Jean-Luc Landry (guitar, Montreal), Greg (harmonica, Playa Del Ray, CA), Tim Green (bass, Meridian, ID), Doug Percell (drums, Orange County, CA) perform Kenny Dorham's "Blue Bossa" in one of Ben Lewis's recent Open Sessions on FarPlay Meet, our new platform that lets you connect with the wider community of FarPlay users, free to all subscribers. Want to join in or create your own Open Sessions? Sign up to test FarPlay Meet: farplay.io/i/bb26

I am so grateful to the university of Miami Department of Laryngology who trusts me to work with singers that have suffered voice injury or illness. They do their amazing part and then send them to me so that I can help them reclaim their singing voices. Kristen is one of my favorite clients to coach, and I love the work I get to do with singers recovering from vocal fold injuries and voice dysfunction. So grateful for the opportunity to be a part of their growth and health. And a special shout out to the FarPlay platform for creating a way for us to do lessons remotely with very low latency sound! @farplayapp #vocalhealth #singingvoicerehab @julesgerhard14 @lowlatencyaudio @umiamimedicine @umiamislp #umiamihealth

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#100daysofpractice day 59. FarPlay practice Paris - NY with @jacobcollier.

I’ve known the crazy brilliant Jacob for a few years, and with him in NYC and me in Paris, we decided to try playing together for the first time, 3500 miles apart, using @farplayapp.

We started with a version of If I Were A Bell where we change meters between 5/4 and 7/4 every 8 bars, keeping the bar length the same (amazingly, this actually worked despite 45ms of latency at this distance, equivalent to playing with someone 45ft / 15m away from you in a room).

Then, spontaneously, we free-improvised the coda you hear here, which keeps returning to the idea of bells ringing.

I love it when improvisation turns into genuine exploration, which it can if, like Jacob, you have patience and big ears. That’s when the magic happens, in the listening.

#musiclife #practice #multidisciplinary

FarPlay Open Session Across 2800 Miles

Across 2800 miles, Ben Lewis (piano, Chicago), Vince (guitar, California), Jean-Luc Landry (bass, Montreal), and Doug Percell (drums, California) play Steve Kuhn’s “Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers” together with a cool, laid-back vibe on FarPlay. This is just one of many musical moments from Ben Lewis's Open Sessions on FarPlay Meet, our new platform that lets you connect with the wider community of FarPlay users, free to all subscribers. Want to join in or create your own Open Sessions? Sign up to test FarPlay Meet: farplay.io/i/cf26