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BEN GOLDBERG SCHOOL -- VOL 2: HARD SCIENCE

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Ben Goldberg writes:

Hard Science is the second record by Ben Goldberg School. (The first album is called Vol 1: The Humanities). It was recorded in July 2021, with a particular strategy: I didn't teach the music to the group, or rehearse. Instead i sent around a few of the more complicated passages ahead of time, then in the studio I just started playing each song and let the musicians grab on as they saw fit. My inspiration was the thought that, if I put written music in front of a musician, I am relying on their reading ability. This way, on the other hand, I am relying on their humanity in the moment. Most of the songs on the record are first takes although you can hear that for a few of these tracks we went over the song more than once so people could get the hang of it.

After this recording was made, I continued playing the material in solo concerts and with a trio of myself, Liberty Ellman, and Gerald Cleaver. I began calling the collection of tunes "Porch Concert Material." That is why the titles of these songs are called PCM.

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released August 5, 2022

Ben Goldberg - clarinet, composition
Kasey Knudsen - alto saxophone
Jeff Cressman - trombone
Rob Reich - accordion
Nate Brenner - electric bass
Hamir Atwal - drums

Recorded July 2021 at New, Improved Recording, Oakland CA
Engineered by Ian Pellici
Mixed by Michael Coleman at Rocketship Labs
Mastered by Liberty Ellman

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Ben Goldberg plays the clarinet and writes songs.

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