John Fahey, Peter Gabriel, Will Ackerman, David Torn, Ralph Towner, Steve Tibbetts, Nick Drake, O'Carolan, JS Bach, Robert Fripp, Dave Matthews, Michael Manring, Steve Reich, Bill Frisell, Paul Wertico, Philip Glass, Will Romano, Ray Istorico, Richard Leo Johnson, Matt Richards, Michael Hewitt, Pat Metheny, Ry Cooder, David Lindley, Steve Earle, Terry Riley, Richard Thompson, Daniel Lanois, Georgia O'Keefe, Paul Strand, Jackson Pollack.
Jim Goodin - excerpts from The Path
I've always been told a "Stream of Consciousness..." and "music that's pushing the edge but comfortably in the middle". One review once said that I might not sell alot of records as my music felt a "bit under the skin and pushed people to feel more than they might like..." - perhaps that is a good thing... .
Around 1984 when my musical focus was a bit low as well as artistic confidence after an extremely academic musical education I heard a spark from a random needle drop on a then record from a label called Windham Hill. Unfortunately I didn't get the artist's name at the time and searched for 6 months for what I had heard. From that search however I got an eye opening to a range of artists put together by ironically another influence found in the quest of the first - Michael Hedges and Will Ackerman.
Every now and then people will hear Nick Drake in what I do probably because of the range of guitar tunings, meaning changing of the string pitches from the way the guitar is normally tuned. Nick did this alot.
Equally I like periods of Dave Matthews and find some parallel in his muse - Richard Thompson, Bruce Cockburn, Peter Case... .
Of course modern composers such as Steve Reich and Terry Riley. Love Bill Frisell and David Torn and Robert Fripp.
Jim Goodin performing his song For Michael written for the late composer/guitarist/singersongwriter Michael Hedges, shot on location in Pacific Palisades, CA in 2001.
I'm a composer/guitarist living in Brooklyn, NY. My instrumental music journeys through many styles and influences including Celtic, modern classical, World, minimalist and Americana. I've been inspired by the likes of Michael Hedges, Will Ackerman, John Fahey, Nick Drake, Steve Reich, Michael Manring, O'Carolan and Bach to go back to other times.
Jim Goodin performing Departures a special song written in memory of Michael Hedges, in a short video clip shot on a Brooklyn rooftop.
I work as a solo acoustic guitarist and with the duos', Chinapainting, an acoustic guitar based/tape looping collaboration with composer/guitarist Daryl Shawn and with East of Where with author/composer/drummer/percussionist Will Romano. I co-host the acoustic guitar performance concept, Language of 3 with guitarist Matt Richards and promote and orchestrate, Wood and Wire Music representing myself and 7 other artists.
My first CD, Celtic Journey to The Path recorded in 1999 is available on CDBaby and is available for digital download purchase as individual songs or complete CD from iTunes.
My solo guitar CD's Found, Live - Words & Music, Stories My Guitar Told Me and Through the Door and my newest Skipping the Lightare available on-line through the Jim Goodin CD Store. Skipping the Light is also available for digital download purchase as individual songs or complete CD from iTunes
Catch me on uStream.tv LIVE in my bi-weekly webcast, Sunday Morning at 11, a 30 minute live set of improvisational acoustic music on fretted/fretless guitars, oud and loops.
Visit, subscribe and download the C H I N A P A I N T I N G monthly podcast series, documenting excerpts from NinJam on-line sessions as well as live performances.
Chinapainting's Trick of Amethyst CD and their newest just released Night Blooming Cereus CD are available available on-line through the Jim Goodin CD Store.
Hey There! I wanted to thank you for taking the time to listen to my music and add me. I hope that you take a few and watch the video for "The Sky Below", let me know what you think. Happy Holidays!
New compilation album which features exclusive new tracks from Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (Sweden), Lull (UK), WoO (Serbia), Go Tsushima (Japan), Left Eye Dominant (Italy), Alexei Borisov (Russia), Tania Stene (Norway), PureH (Slovenia), Sunao Inami (Japan), Dodecahedragraph (Slovenia), The Cherry Blues Project (Argentina) and Final (UK). Full album of ambient, drones, noise...
Hi Jim, I've never heard of that ReUse thing - maybe another Os has done something on it. Another ninjam would be good - in fact I think it would be my first with you - I think it was just Miek before, wasn't it? best, os.
Wednesday 5th of November, Musicon, Den Haag Friday the 7th of November 2008, Haagse Pop Centrum Muziekcafé Saturday the 8th of November 2008, De Pater, Den Haag Sunday the 9th of November 2008, Haagse Pop Centrum Muziekcafé
One Stone Beamer: One Stone: sounds and loops, The Netherlands Beam: fretted and fretless synthesizer guitar, Mexico
Albert Dambeck: standing bass and fretless Martin travel guitar, Germany
Peter Verheul: fretless electric guitar, The Netherlands Just van Rossum: fretted electric guitar, The Netherlands
Propeller Willem Niehorster: fretted and fretless guitar, Mexico Michiel Coolen: drums, The Netherlands John van Maanen: vocals, The Netherlands Niels Zeven: bass, The Netherlands
Gary Corcoran: fretless acoustic guitar, Norway
NTR Melle Weijters: fretless electric guitar, The Netherlands Etienne Nillesen: drums, The Netherlands
Dream Flight to Antarctica Willem Niehorster: fretted and fretless synthesizer guitar, Mexico Michiel Coolen: drums, The Netherlands Niels Zeven: bass: The Netherlands
Wonka Gunnar Backman: fretted and fretless virtual guitar and live loops, Sweden Anders Berg: bass, Sweden Henrik Wartel: drums, Sweden
Wolvetang Band Tim Wolvetang: fretless guitar, The Netherlands Ruben Jansen: bass / guitar, The Netherlands Robin Smit: drums, The Netherlands
Music Mafia Willem Niehorster: fretted and fretless synthesizer guitar, Mexico Jesse van Beusekom: synthesizer guitar, The Netherlands Michiel Coolen: drums, The Netherlands Sander Koole: bass, The Netherlands
Ataman Ensemble Onur Ataman: Fretless Guitar-Loops, Turkey Jonathan Inhefeld: Electric Bass, Germany Michele Bagaglio: Live Electronic and Computer Programming, Italy David Barker: Drums
Thanks, Ninjam it is, i always mix it with JinDream It would be great if you could make it over the pond, also if you could make it to Sweden to have a real jam at Peter's place ! Willem must have had a dream about Gunnar and me because we havent been to haag yet, By the way always a pleasure for me to listen to your music ! best A
Hi Jim, Hope that you had a great time at NYFF, saw your pict at the fretless forum :-) Peter is offline for a few days but i hope that we can get that jinjam meeting soon, i heard you and peter's jam and it was great ! I think the new myspace players sucks, long time to load and the lost of information that you could write under the pict is also gone, Anyway i wish you and yours a wonderful weekend, and hope that you could come to Haag in november me and Gunnar will be there, Best Anders
