Autodidact, by Shane Parish

Autodidact

by Shane Parish

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	1.	Standard Tuning 05:10
	2.	EbADGBbE : PC@Br(6-1) 05:57
	3.	EbBEbGBbD : ND@Br(6-3)/PC@Br(2-1)/+TF 06:57
	4.	BAEbGBbD : ND@18(4-1)/PC1 06:12
	5.	Drop Z : PC1/PS@Br(6-1)/CP@11(6-4) 05:40
	6.	Drop Z : Bell5@19/PS@Br(6-1)/PC1/CS@19(3-1) 06:42

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My first album focusing entirely on prepared guitar. From track one to six the guitar is gradually transformed from standard tuning with no preparations into a more and more altered, prepared, and strange instrument. All tracks were recorded in the first take, requiring an immediate acclimation, relearning, and acceptance of the new sonic and harmonic possibilities. See videos of each track and an explanation of the tunings and preparations: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRvW01FQRMOfzKKV3sXl1oqTZIIzFqvxY

To the extent that we learn anything, everyone is self taught, regardless of whether or not there are teachers present.

I am self-taught. There were a few lessons here and there, maybe a dozen, over the past quarter century. I learn on the gig, from friends, from books, from freely exploring, and from teaching. When I improvise in standard tuning, it is too difficult for me to not impose conceptual frameworks onto the instrument. Therefore, when I play free, I prefer to be in alternate tunings so that I am surprised by my "choices." Preparations make the adventures even more colorful: paperclips, Nerf darts, clothespins, bells, strips of plastic, etc. This recording is a journey from the somewhat known to the progressively more unknown.

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released March 5, 2019

Shane Parish - guitar
Recorded on November 24, 2018.

Artwork by Shane Parish and Thaniel Ion Lee

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Shane Parish Athens, Georgia

Shane Parish devotes much of his time to developing his singular and expressive voice on the guitar. A self-taught musician, he communicates through emotion, unexpected melodicism, technical whimsy, a nuanced sense of form, and rich timbral variety. He is known for his work fronting the electric band Ahleuchatistas, as well as for his uniquely beautiful finger-style acoustic guitar work. ... more

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Le Poisson Rouge

New York (NYC), NY

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