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John McLaughlin has already said Floating Point , his brand new CD, “May be the best record I ever made.” That’s really saying something when you consider McLaughlin’s prolific and trailblazing career. The guitarist and composer has appeared on some of the most important jazz-rock and world music albums in the last 40 years. The cd and DVD will be released by Mediastarz in EU and Abstract Logix in Americas.
A behind the scenes DVD of the making of Floating Point will also be released. Filmed over a period of five days, it gives an intimate look at the spontaneity and vitality with which the CD was recorded. Further insight is offered through musician interviews and an extra audio track of McLaughlin providing commentary. It is the perfect companion piece for those who enjoy the CD and or would like to get a closer look at how minds meet during a modern recording session. Abstractlogix and Mediastarz in Europe.
John McLaughlin has just finished recording the upcoming dvd on Konokol, the Indian Rhythm System with percussionist V. Selvaganesh. This DVD is scheduled to launch in September 2007 in USA on Abstractlogix and Mediastarz in Europe.
Konokol – the universal system of mastering rhythm without drums is presented by John McLaughlin with Konokol Master Selvaganesh Vinayakram.
The DVD is divided into 6 chapters which bring the student from basic rhythm into the fascinating rhythms of of 5/4 7/4 9/8 etc.
Exercises are explained by John and demonstrated by Selva, followed by improvisations, which include all the exercise material of that particular chapter. You’ll learn through this course how to improvise rhythmically, and how this system can also help in your compositions.
In each chapter, John McLaughlin demonstrates on the guitar, the benefit Konokol has had on his life of music.
At the lower edge of your screen you will see a western musical score moving in sync to all the exercises, demonstrations and improvisations.
"I’m a guitar player—that's what I am primarily, that’s what I' ll always be," McLaughlin has been quoted as saying. " (And) I'm an eternal learner. I don't want to stop learning because I feel that no matter what I
've done, I'm really just beginning again. I don' t think I' ll ever stop learning."
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