Sun Ra Mixtape Project

This fall, the Philadelphia Jazz Project will create a 12 song, mixtape celebrating the 100th birthday of longtime Philadelphian, visionary musician, philosopher, composer and band leader, Sun Ra.

We are looking for DJs, producers, electronic musicians, turntablists and anyone that understands the sampling sport to create instrumental tracks that will receive breathtaking vocals from singers, poets, and/or rappers, as well as spine-tingling solos by instrumentalists.

For more details: http://www.philajazzproject.org/index.php?post=pjp-mixtape-sun-ra-edition

Check it out and meet us on the old/new frontier.

Peace.

homershines

this is really cool. gonna check out these samples, and will probably make something if i like them. are you gonna enter homershines? we can use our own drums cant we?

Yes.
Use your own drums.
Remember: Rhythmically we wanna go somewhere else.
Think of the Ellipse.
Check out another Philly dude for inspiration...
The drummer - Sunny Murray.

I wanna do a piece, but I'm gonna be behind the scenes making sure things get done right.

Peace.

homershines

cool, thanks man! ill check him out, i dont know if ill have time to do a track either, but i will try to find some inspiration and if i gel with these samples i might try and do something.

Sounds nice, ill check it out, what do you mean "we wanna go somewhere else?"

Somewhere else.....??

When you talk about a musician like Sun Ra, you have to really begin somewhere else.
His approach is not conventional.
And Pop music including Hiphop is built on a lot of conventions.

Check out the info on the website.
Then check out the music in the Dropbox.

If you need more artistic references check for:
-Art Ensemble of Chicago
-Cecil Taylor
-Sunny Murray
-Lawrence Butch Morris
-Carla Bley
-Gunter Hampel

Thanks.

Homer

is this still going?

Yes.
It's over after Halloween night.
Got something hot to share?

That's cool.

Visit the website and read the instructions.

Peace.

homershines

Yes I do! Let me read up and see if I can add on