DAREN BURNS URBAN NERDS

A mighty thanks to Greg Burk and the two 'shoutouts' he gave on his MetalJazz Blog to two groups, the Improvising Composers United and the World Ambient Symphony, I am involved with:

 

WAS CD Review: Fall into…

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Features four new compositions by myself and one I co-wrote with David Mills. The CD also include the fantastic piano playing of David Mills and drumming of Craig Bunch. Engineered and mixed by Wayne Peet at Killzone in Los Angeles. …Read more

Interview of John 'Drumbo' French (Beefheart/Zappa/Crazy Backwards Alphabet) by Billy James Here Drumbo Interview. John was nice enough to give his current band, myself, Scott Collins, Eric Klerks, Craig Bunch, some kind words and some…Read more

World Ambient Symphony @ Royal/T's New Years Eve Party. Right click, or control click to see full size: Royal/T - is a playful collision of spaces—café/shop/art space—presented in stunning fusion. An eclectic mix of retail and contemporary…Read more

Two new videos up from the Improvising Composers United (ICU) show last Saturday, enjoy! Ulrich Krieger-Sax, Andre LaFosse-Guitar, Me-Bass, Craig Bunch-Drums, Kio Griffith-Video:
We Are Not Alone from Daren Burns on Vimeo …Read more

Got a new hard drive so have had time and room to edit some more video. I re-posted the video of "Thirty-Six Ghosts" on Vimeo. It is a much better video of the performance. Enjoy!
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I have to say, I never thought I would see an African/American becoming president of the US in my lifetime....It is almost overwhelming. The beauty is that Barack won 2+ to 1, a real mandate, not the fake one that…Read more

Please tell me this inbred, mongoloids comments are a joke...From community organizer to crack cocaine dealer? C'mon!!!! Oh yeah, thats right, racism is dead in this country....

Re-posted the videos of "Thirty-Six Ghosts", "Henry Miller", and "Rag For Saraswarti" from my recital on Vimeo. Vimeo allows you to post longer and less compromised video than Google or Youtube does. This means the actual video…Read more

Is it me or does this guys actually make sense? I have to admit, my respect for Colin Powell dropped a bit under GW, although I do believe he was lied to and that is why he…Read more

ICU had a great 3rd performance on the 4th. I wrote and performed a new piece titled "Tengu" for 2 quartets and video. The instrumentation and performers were Misuzu Kitazumi-koto, Megan Fong-violin, Casey Butler-soprano sax, William Roper…Read more

Had a great performance with the ICU on the 16th at the Pasadena Library. We had six new, original works performed and had special guests Vinny Golia and Ulrich Krieger who performed with us and also played an original work…Read more