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Jim Goodin performing his song For Michael written for the late composer/guitarist/singersongwriter Michael Hedges , shot on location in Pacific Palisades, CA in 2001.

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I'm a composer/guitarist living in Brooklyn, NY. My instrumental music journeys through many styles and influences including Celtic, modern classical, World, minimalist and Americana. I've been inspired by the likes of Michael Hedges, Will Ackerman, John Fahey, Nick Drake, Steve Reich, Michael Manring, O'Carolan and Bach to go back to other times.
Jim Goodin performing Departures a special song written in memory of Michael Hedges , in a short video clip shot on a Brooklyn rooftop.
I work as a solo acoustic guitarist and with the duos', Chinapainting , an acoustic guitar based/tape looping collaboration with composer/guitarist Daryl Shawn and with East of Where with author/composer/drummer/percussionist Will Romano. I co-host the acoustic guitar performance concept, Language of 3 with guitarist Matt Richards and promote and orchestrate, Wood and Wire Music representing myself and 7 other artists.
My first CD, Celtic Journey to The Path recorded in 1999 is available on CDBaby and is available for digital download purchase as individual songs or complete CD from iTunes .
My solo guitar CD's Found, Live - Words & Music, Stories My Guitar Told Me and Through the Door and my newest Skipping the Lightare available on-line through the Jim Goodin CD Store . Skipping the Light is also available for digital download purchase as individual songs or complete CD from iTunes
Catch me on uStream.tv LIVE in my bi-weekly webcast, Sunday Morning at 11 , a 30 minute live set of improvisational acoustic music on fretted/fretless guitars, oud and loops.
Visit, subscribe and download the C H I N A P A I N T I N G monthly podcast series, documenting excerpts from NinJam on-line sessions as well as live performances.
Chinapainting's Trick of Amethyst CD and their newest just released Night Blooming Cereus CD are available available on-line through the Jim Goodin CD Store .
Chinapainting live at the Center for Improvised Music
Chinapainting Live at the Center for Improvised Music

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Member Since: 23/02/2006
Band Website: jimgoodin.blogspot.com
Band Members: Jim Goodin, guitar/fretless guitar, oud , violin, mandolin
Chinapainting (Jim Goodin & Daryl Shawn) with special guest Will Romano, Summer 2008 tour, The Stain , Brooklyn, NY

The 5 Knaves @ the Nave concert in Somerville, MA - Chinapainting, Tim Nelson, Dennis Moser and Rob Byrd

Jim Goodin, solo fretless guitar

Jim Goodin (fretless guitar) and sitarist Roger Lipson appearing at the Stain , Brooklyn, NY.

A video about my guitar instructional book/CD DADGAD Encyclopedia published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Influences: John Fahey, Peter Gabriel, Will Ackerman, David Torn, Ralph Towner, Steve Tibbetts, Nick Drake, O'Carolan, JS Bach, Robert Fripp, Dave Matthews, Michael Manring, Steve Reich, Bill Frisell, Paul Wertico, Philip Glass, Will Romano, Ray Istorico, Richard Leo Johnson, Matt Richards, Michael Hewitt, Pat Metheny, Ry Cooder, David Lindley, Steve Earle, Terry Riley, Richard Thompson, Daniel Lanois, Georgia O'Keefe, Paul Strand, Jackson Pollack.
Jim Goodin - excerpts from The Path

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Live on Sunday Morning at 11 on uStream

I've always been told a "Stream of Consciousness..." and "music that's pushing the edge but comfortably in the middle". One review once said that I might not sell alot of records as my music felt a "bit under the skin and pushed people to feel more than they might like..." - perhaps that is a good thing... .Around 1984 when my musical focus was a bit low as well as artistic confidence after an extremely academic musical education I heard a spark from a random needle drop on a then record from a label called Windham Hill. Unfortunately I didn't get the artist's name at the time and searched for 6 months for what I had heard. From that search however I got an eye opening to a range of artists put together by ironically another influence found in the quest of the first - Michael Hedges and Will Ackerman.Every now and then people will hear Nick Drake in what I do probably because of the range of guitar tunings, meaning changing of the string pitches from the way the guitar is normally tuned. Nick did this alot.Equally I like periods of Dave Matthews and find some parallel in his muse - Richard Thompson, Bruce Cockburn, Peter Case... .Of course modern composers such as Steve Reich and Terry Riley. Love Bill Frisell and David Torn and Robert Fripp.
Record Label: Wood and Wire Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Music

I uploaded several new trax today to my page. Three are from (Transmission, over..., 500 Feet and Ghost) a CD I recorded in February of this year as participation in the RPM (record a CD in 28 days) ...
Posted by on Thu, 07 May 2009 14:46:00 GMT

New songs new directions Familiar Passages

The last two years has seen me experimenting with several fretless instruments including the oud which I'm finding I'm spending more and more time with. My approach for this instrument is still ...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:29:00 GMT

Check out this event: CHINAPAINTING LIVE NYC THIS WEEKEND

Hosted By: Jim Goodin When: Saturday Jul 26, 2008 at 9:30 PMWhere: Stain766 GrandBrooklyn, New York|33 11211United StatesDescription:Jim Goodin Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:12:00 GMT

14 Dogs on a Bus

Please note this track originally on this page, is now residing on the collaboration My Space page of Peter, Jim and Anders, www.myspace.com/jindream. 14 Dogs on a Bus is an improvisational piece crea...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:53:00 GMT

Recently released Jim Goodin solo fretless guitar CD, Skipping the Light

In February as part of musicians participating in the RPM Challenge, I released Skipping the Light, a collection of 11 solo acoustic fretless guitar improvisations. The songs (click on the links for M...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:29:00 GMT

I’m featured on Matt Richards "One in Mind" CD

Fellow guitarist and co-founder of the Language of 3 performance series, Matt Richards has released a new live CD, One in Mind featuring a collection of live performances of recent years in a ran...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:17:00 GMT

recent appearance at Naked MUD Music series

I was pleased to be invited to perform at Dana McCoy’s Naked MUD Music series in the East Village of Manhattan this recent Monday. This house concert like series is bare bo...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:16:00 GMT

Appearing Monday March 31, Naked Mud Music, NYC

Appearing Monday March 31 - Mud Spot NYC Composer/guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Jim Goodin will be appearing in NYC this coming Monday, March 31 at 8pm at the Naked Music Series hosted by Dana McCoy...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:37:00 GMT

Jim Goodin interview on Unplugged Unfretted My Space

There is a wonderful page here on My Space devoted to the acoustic fretless guitar community. I was recently interviewed and it's posted in the site's blog. Unplugged Unfretted. Special thanks to s...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:05:00 GMT

MY NEW MEL BAY BOOK IS OUT!!!

I'm pleased to announce that my new book, DADGAD Encyclopedia, is out and officially published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.This body of printed music arranged for solo guitar and CD includes 15 piece...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:47:00 GMT