Top 10 Reasons
op 10 reasons to see the PBE and LANME this friday night :
1. last minute gig
2. great to collaborate with other groups
3. in tarzana (hooray for our valley friends?!)
4. get to hear terry riley’s “in c”
5. new music concerts usually suck
6. at least you can preview principle of sufficient irritation in advance
7. it’s in tarzana
8. ryan nunes’s last show before going to law school
9. flute, clarinet, violin, cello, vibraphone, piano, trombone and bass guitar
10. it’s free (except for the gas and having to drive out to tarzana)
members of the PBE (scott, matt, ryan and myself) will be performing with the los angeles new music ensemble (LANME) terry riley’s “in C” and my “principle of sufficient irritation” at columbia college in tarzana this friday night (8pm)
friday, july 31st, 8pm
los angeles new music ensemble (with members of the PBE)
free
performing: “in C” terry riley
“principle of sufficient irritation” paul bailey
and music by patrick conlon, dan formidoni, evan ziporyn and marvin lamb.
columbia college (columbia college theatre)
18618 oxnard street
tarzana, CA 91356-1411
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brenner and bailey’s digital circus
both of these shows are going to be a bit different than usual. since last may’s performance of the requiem for a high homicide enclave i have been using a wide variety of digital controllers in performance and this is our first big step in figuring out what works in front of a live audience. both shows are going to be laid back and probably similar to watching a comedian work out new material.
cartesian nostalgia
from a performers point of view this weekend’s RealNewMusic 2008 festival was one one of those rare events that was a joy to participate in from start to finish. no backstage drama, rivalries, one-upmanship or back handed compliments. walking in to soundcheck and seeing scott mcintosh (pbe partner in crime) playing in john mahr’s group [...]
requiem for a high homicide enclave
requeim for a homicide crime enclave from paul bailey on Vimeo.
(trailer)
Requiem for a High Homicide Enclave is a deconstruction of Purcell’s Funeral Music for Queen Mary (1694) based on excerpts from the from the LA Times Homicide Report which documents every murder that takes place in Los Angeles County using blog posts, comments, and Google [...]
assorted selections
tonight
april 23 2008, 8pm
csuf recital hall
d.i.e (diverse instrument ensemble)
cello, keyboard, clarinet and electric bass
lloyd rodgers director
selections:
assorted madrigals
caccini
nicole baker, mezzo-soprano soloist
assorted counterpoints
costanzo festa
chaconne in g minor
henry purcell
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the pbe is we!
pbe l-r (matt menaged, pb, ryan nunes, bruce gallego, john mahr, scott mcintosh)
is was a year since we played at mr. t’s and was really happy to see many of the “regulars” again.
no new shows to announce right now, but for the next few months i’m going to be editing and mixing on the life’s [...]
duck
“If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.”
-douglas adams
todayradio interview with martin perlichtoday 4pm (pacific)rebroadcast thursday evening at 6:30pmKCSN-FMARTS & ROOTS RADIOlisten online
tomorrowpbe with unpopablemr. t’s bowl9pm show (pbe @10pm)5621 [...]
leaderless fear?
the pbe hiatus is finally over. in rehearsal tonight we realized that 3 months was the longest break we have ever taken since we started in 2002. i’m glad to be back to it preparing for a club show at mr. t’s bowl (our favorite venue) on feb 20th. we are very fortunate to have john mahr covering keyboards during eric hendrikson’s personal leave.
reh went well tonight, we started in on quite a bit of music that we haven’t performed that much and ended up with quite a bit more music then we can use. so far the setlist is starting to look something like this:
chaconne, john brenner (great modular piece)
bonedance, lloyd rodgers
fearless leader, pb
life’s too short, pb (tentative, 2 of 3 singers confirmed…)
national anthem, radiohead (cover)
this spring we are also working on adding doug hein’s orlando and john brenner’s leaderless fear to our repertoire. one thing that i have noticed about programming is that a concert of 5 or more pieces by most any composer can be a real drag (especially mine). i try and not program more than 2-3 of my own pieces, and when planning this show it became clear that when you pick the top 1-2 pieces from a variety of composers it quickly can become a pretty exceptional show.
anyhow, its great to be back in the game and with last night’s great rehearsal i can get up to the mountains for a few days in much better state of mind. school starts in a week and our budget has been slashed 10%, so i sure hope i still have some classes to teach. (remember life’s meant to be endured not enjoyed)
so while i’m away please help yourself to any or all the following;
its new, it fun, and free!****
and its an secular oratorio based on texts gertrude stein, guy debord and jenny bitner. while i was making it, i decided that it would be much more interesting and informative to have a graphic libretto instead of program notes. it was such an obvious idea and was surprised to find that nobody else seems to be doing this. so check it out and let me know what you think.
retrace our steps, act 1
retrace our steps, act 2
retrace our steps, act 3
retrace our steps, act 4
assorted live performances from fall 07
life’s too short (092507)
fearless leader, lacc, 100207
11/25/05 (with real quiet, 102507)
11/25/05 (with real quiet, 102507)
you can also support the pbe by purchasing our first album; music from summerland (2002)
download full album ($5) google checkout or paypal
(****at least for you early adopters. i’m trying something new and going to give this one away until CD#3 comes out (life’s too short, fall 08). i think giving away the new stuff and selling the back catalog isn’t a bad idea. so try it out and if you like it, i bet you might like my previous CD music from summerland)
die die die
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tonight
california state university
diverse instrument ensemble
music of cage, satie, machut, rodgers and brenner
ryan nunes, vibes, john brenner, bass guitar, melissa rodgers, trumpet, keyboard, lloyd rodgers, saxophone, keyboard
recital hall
fullerton, ca
free
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fearless leader
pbe live at csuf 092507
scott mcintosh, clarinet
bruce gallego, electric guitar
matt menaged, electric bass
eric hendrickson, piano
paul bailey, tbone
latest mp3’s from the csuf show and lacc show:
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lacc, 100207 cheap admiration fearless leader eye for optical theory principal of sufficient irritation principal of sufficient irritation sweater song |
csuf, 092507
fearless leader
eve for optical theory
principle of sufficient irritation
principal of sufficient irritation (with real quiet)
les moutons de panurge
principal of sufficient irritation
pbe with real quiet
meng hall
csuf
september, 25th 2007
download the mp3. (principal of sufficient irritation)
more coming soon…
how wonderful is brian ferneyhough?
so this is the post where i’m supposed to give you some special reason to come to our next show on tuesday september 25th. i just got back from a really great rehearsal and ready to start spreading the propaganda.
with the traffic in southern cal i know it takes a special kind of person [...]
pbe and real quiet, 092507, csuf 8pm
California State University Fullerton
Tuesday, September 25th 2007
paul bailey ensemble with real quiet
meng concert hall
8pm
tickets $10 ($5 advance)
setlist
paul bailey ensemble program to be selected from:
cheap admiration, bailey fearless leader, bailey eye for optical theory, nyman [...]
that was a great show yesterday, here are some of the highlights:
my apologies for sending bruce gallego (pbe guitar) on unexpected tour of east-la trying to find the gallery
i was surprised that kathy hargraves (dangerous curve gallery owner) was able to kick a film shoot off her street because they didn’t have the proper permits [...]
Do you like artsy experimental but are tired of John Zorn wannabes?
its a show week, final exams and student teacher fun at csuf so not much time for blogging.
btw… we just got a nice plug in whitehot magazine for sunday’s show at dangerous curve in downtown la . i especially like the log-line.
Tired of going to the opera house? Tired of the concert hall [...]
monday morning quarterback
ref=”http://www.fullerton.edu/arts/music/Ensembles/diverse_instrument.htm”>d.i.e. had a pretty good show last wed night in which we premiered david toub’s piece this piece intentionally left blank. i thought it was a very effective composition and pretty good first performance. enjoy the mp3 mp3.
this performance represented the best of social networking and was made possible by david having a well designed website with scores and mp3’s. he also is very smart by having some pieces in open c score that are easily adapted to any instrumentation (most pbe music is written this way) which is the point of the diverse instrument ensemble.
anyway ,it was a challenging but fun piece to play and great example of the exchange of ideas by making your music public. i look forward to playing more of music like this and encourage others to follow.
d.i.e. (diverse instrument ensemble) 050907
diverse instrument ensemblecalifornia state university, fullertonwednesday may 9th, recital hall 8pm
this piece intentionally left blankdavid toub
bon jour, bon moisflos florumresvellies vous et faites chiere lyeguillaume dufay
gnossienne nos. 1-3erik satie
piano concerto in f minor (bwv 1056)j.s. bach
veronica paez-oboe, michael lassarre-alto sax, dora skidmore, french horn, paul bailey-trombone, brian madigan-bass guitar, ryan nunes-vibraphone, carl stronach-vibraphone, nicole baker, [...]
principle of sufficient irritation @csuf 04/11/07
as time allows i’m going to start posting videos from our concerts. the first one up is from our recent march concert at csuf.
next show is this saturday with dorian wood at the studio of known aim.we will be workshopping our new piece life’s too short as well as playing a the new version of [...]
piano seat failure
bravo to all lrg and pbe. great show last night.
the performance covered all the things that you want to have on a good night. we had a stress free soundcheck, great dinner hang and pre-show group text message to pbe alum (srf in the nyc), that was topped off with a great show. [...]
friends and family
just got back from playing our first private party/wedding reception for the illustrious trumpet player andrew duncan (cat hair ensemble, the wedding’s off). playing shows for other musicians and their families is always fun, and this night didn’t disappoint. parking was hilarious, once we dropped of the equipment it was a few shuttle trips [...]
sprint to the finish
yesterday i hit burnout.
it was the first day since last summer that i did nothing. no writing, lesson plans, or practicing… it’s probably a week too early, but i need to get in the right frame of mind so the thanksgiving break isn’t a waste. i need to finish up the retrace cd, start [...]
past and future (good times)
thanks again to all who came out to last night. its great to play for such a big and enthusiastic crowd. where else can you see somebody serenade a ikea lamp, alt-classical garage band and band with balloon bass? thanks again to dorian wood and unpopable for their unique and wonderful performances.
because of the success [...]
realnewmusic reh mp3’s online
rehearsal mp3’s from monday night are now online.
i would have posted some from today’s rehearsal, but i forgot to unpause my minidisc. they are both of modular study #1 (11/25/05).
this first is a full run. its a little slow and loose at times but has builds to some nice moments. the [...]
BREAK THE SILENCE WITH THE PAUL BAILEY ENSEMBLE
Saturday, June 24th Whittier College – Designed to share musical moments, the Paul Bailey Ensemble’s latest tunes get the party started anywhere, anytime – at the gym, in the dorm, on the site or at the office.
Our new models reflect the diverse needs of music enthusiasts. For the open-air worker, we created music that can [...]
