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William Brown - Creative Investigation Squad

William Brown - Creative Investigation Squad (CIS)

About Me

A changing aggregation of Creative Investigators (CI). Following heuristic paths of sound and expression using music, images, dance, and art.


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/18/2005
Band Website:
Band Members: The core investigators are William Brown performing on guitar (nylon/steel acoustic as well as electric), keyboard and percussion.James "Sprocket" Royer is playing double bass.
Influences: Miles, Monk and Trane.Duke, Louis, Django and Billie Holiday.Braxton, Cecil Taylor20th century classical (Penderecki, Eliot Carter).World musics (Indian, Arab, African).
Sounds Like: All our influences.Nature unfolding.Sound sculptures moving in time.Textures, shapes and rhythms for the body, mind and soul.Atoms, chemical processes, explosions, evolution, rivers, reflections, and things-not-seen
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Americas Destruction - It’s Past Time to Impeach

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Posted by William Brown - Creative Investigation Squad on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:45:00 PST

Where we are now

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Posted by William Brown - Creative Investigation Squad on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:14:00 PST

Streams of Sychronicity

On Sunday I brought my new acoustic bass to the park.A woman is dancing with six hula hoops. Into and out of. On and off. Up and down. Swirling in and out.I improvise with her.It works great.We talk a...
Posted by William Brown - Creative Investigation Squad on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:39:00 PST

yesterday and today

Three performances yesterday. Two near the Hudson River with a wonderful 2 year old dancer joining me for some improvisational music and footwork. Later a performance with a pianist from Japan at th...
Posted by William Brown - Creative Investigation Squad on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:42:00 PST

Creative Investigations

I haven't had a chance to really set this site up. So .... here's a couple of URLs where you'll find improvisations we created earlier this year. http://www.jochemvandijk.com/muse.htm http://www.joche...
Posted by William Brown - Creative Investigation Squad on Fri, 25 Nov 2005 04:38:00 PST