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For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Tracy Silverman

41 episodes

6 months ago

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings is a collection of chats/jams with some of the leaders in the progressive string playing community. The focus is on grooving and playing rhythm strings, like rhythm guitar. Grooving is the crucial entry point into our popular musical culture and something virtually ignored in traditional classical training. Besides chatting about grooving and related issues, and anything else my guests want to chat about, many shows include a ”Groove Hacker” segment in which we take a groove from a recording and recreate it on strings. And every show ends with a segment called called ”Not My Gig”, a 3 question trivia quiz on a subject the I’m hoping my guest knows nothing about. https://www.tracysilverman.com https://www.strumbowing.com

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For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings is a collection of chats/jams with some of the leaders in the progressive string playing community. The focus is on grooving and playing rhythm strings, like rhythm guitar. Grooving is the crucial entry point into our popular musical culture and something virtually ignored in traditional classical training. Besides chatting about grooving and related issues, and anything else my guests want to chat about, many shows include a ”Groove Hacker” segment in which we take a groove from a recording and recreate it on strings. And every show ends with a segment called called ”Not My Gig”, a 3 question trivia quiz on a subject the I’m hoping my guest knows nothing about. https://www.tracysilverman.com https://www.strumbowing.com

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For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

45 years after graduating from The Juilliard School, I have a chance to chat with my former violin professor there, Lewis Kaplan. At 91, Kaplan is a senior professor of violin and chamber music at Juilliard and is still running 2 Bach Festivals. We chat about the legendary Ivan Galamian, who we both studied with, whether or not I practiced as a student, being a founding member of The Aeolian Chamber Players, the changing art of teaching in the 21st century and more.

6 months ago

56 minutes

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

“There are things in the music that conjoin us all.” Matt Glaser chats about the music that still inspires him after 50 years of study—the swing music of the 20’s thru the 50’s—and his perspective, after years of study, that the same musical ideas were shared across racial and economic boundaries, and how this has defined American popular music. And stick around til the end to hear an exclusive unreleased, never-before-heard track from the Wayfaring Strangers called ”When I Was a Cowboy.”

1 year ago

1 hour 22 minutes 55 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Curtis Stewart is a violinist/composer who is at the forefront of the new music world as a solo performer and recording artist, founding member of the Publiqartet, Artistic Director of the American Composers Orchestra and professor at The Juilliard School. We talk about his new Grammy nominated album, Of Love, the influence of his musician parents, teaching music at his own NYC high school for 10 years, and play a round of “Not My Gig”, where we find out just how much Mr. Publiquartet knows about…the Public Library.

1 year ago

1 hour 7 minutes 38 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

With a musical worldview centered on individuality, freedom and emotion, Ginny talks about how to deal with the challenges women face in the performing arts, how to be fearless onstage, her new album, and how and what she teaches the students at her Popular Strings class at the Thornton School of Music, USC. ¬¬

1 year ago

1 hour 5 minutes 36 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Regina talks about her sound, her move from classical to jazz, her experience as a hospice caregiver, and then I ask the MacArthur genius how much she knows about...the song ”MacArthur Park.”

2 years ago

1 hour 9 minutes 55 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Jean Luc Ponty is the father of all modern jazz violinists with a long and ground-breaking career. In this wide-ranging conversation, Jean Luc talks about his transition from a young classical violinist fresh out of the Conservatoire to one of the leading jazz instrumentalists in Europe, to his impact on American rock and jazz fusion. We talk about who influenced his playing, what gear he uses, and about being in Frank Zappa’s band. Personally, there is no violin player who has had a greater impact on me musically than the legendary Jean Luc Ponty!

2 years ago

1 hour 18 minutes 34 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Violinist and tireless educator Jesus Florido talks about the importance of the groove in Latin music and how it’s expressed on the violin. We share an astonishment at how the groove is so often ignored by classical violinists in favor of tone production, and then I quiz Mr. Florido about...obscure facts about the state of Florida.

2 years ago

52 minutes

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Best of ’22: All Killer, No Filler

A collection of highlights of my conversations from the past year, with short musical excerpts, starting with the Zach Brock episode from January and including Natalie Haas, Sara Caswell, Billy Contreras, Roberto Sierra, Diana Ladio, Danny Seidenberg, Sirius String Quartet, Tomoko Akaboshi, Mark Summer, Mia Asano, Eugene Friesen and Daniel Bernard Roumain.

2 years ago

53 minutes 4 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Daniel Bernard Roumain

Composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain shares his unique perspective as a black progressive string player and composer in a very traditional classical world. We talk about his journey of self-discovery and the importance of advocating for new ideas and updating of traditions. Then I quiz the composer of one of the better known contemporary solo violin works, ”Filter”, about the rock band Filter. Hilarity ensues.

2 years ago

53 minutes 26 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Eugene Friesen is one of the architects of progressive string playing. We go deep and we get specific--Eugene slows down an example of his trademark pizzicato technique and drops nuggets of gold all through this podcast, getting philosophical and sharing little known secrets of his early years. And then the inventor of the educational superhero, Celloman, gets quizzed on indie-rock festival vendor, Jelloman.

3 years ago

1 hour 7 minutes 11 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Mia Asano is a young electric violinist who has become one of the most visible content creators in the string world. She’s a recent graduate of Berklee College of Music and we talk about how she got over 2 million views and 100K followers one night. And how she fell out of love and back in love with music.

3 years ago

1 hour 7 minutes 58 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Mark and I reminisce about the old Turtle Island days and he confesses to having written one of the best-known solo cello pieces of all time, ”Julie-O”, on the piano. Then I quiz Mr. Julie-O about...all things Julio, as in Julio Igelsias, ”Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard” and Don Julio tequila.

3 years ago

53 minutes 54 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Tomoko Akaboshi

Tomoko shares her story of being a classical violinist in Tokyo who fell in love with jazz and moved to Boston to study with only a suitcase and a violin. She’s now a busy contractor who books a lot of the cooler gigs for string players in the NYC area. We talk about her work and mission and then we find out how much the founder of the jazz/chamber ensemble The Resonance Collective knows about...The Resident Collective, a community activism non-profit in LA.

3 years ago

53 minutes 6 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

A chat with my good friends in the Sirius Quartet, Chern Hwei and Gregor Huebner, violins, Ron Lawrence, viola and Jeremy Harmon, cello. They were in the studio on a lunch break, so I took advantage of the opportunity to get this globe-trotting foursome in the same room at the same time. We talk about arranging for string quartet, their influences from the non-classical world and then I quiz the Sirius Quartet about...Sirius Black from Harry Potter.

3 years ago

40 minutes 53 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Danny Seidenberg

My old buddy from the Turtle Island String Quartet demonstrates jazz viola techniques, talks about arranging for TISQ and about his newfound love for the violin. Then I ask the founding member of the Unbande about...7 Up, the Un-cola.

3 years ago

1 hour 3 minutes 36 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Diana is the violin half of the violin/cello Moxie Strings duo. They work with thousands of kids every year as guests in schools all over the country. We talk about our shared mission of striving to give young people the ability to play their own pop music on strings. Then we find out what the Moxie Strings violinist knows about...the Moxy Hotel in Chicago.

3 years ago

54 minutes 43 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Composer Roberto Sierra speaks about the new electric violin concerto he is in the middle of composing for me. It’s called ”Ficciones” and is inspired by short stories by the Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges. We also talk about writing and playing in the musical vernacular, the popular musical styles of our time. And then I quiz the composer of ”Fandangos” about...WWE wrestler Fandango.

3 years ago

54 minutes 52 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Billy Contreras

Billy reflects on the influence of Buddy Spicher, tells some gig stories and breaks down the comprehensive and highly structured routine he uses in practice and on the bandstand. Then we quiz the Western Swing expert about...Western Spring Manufacturing Co.

3 years ago

59 minutes 36 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

One of the most important jazz violinists on the scene today, Sara brings her classical and jazz background to her students at Berklee College and Manhattan School of Music. She talks about the inspiration she gets from young players and then we quiz Downbeat magazine’s perennial ”Rising Star” jazz violinist about...Rising Star Casino and RV Park.

3 years ago

57 minutes 16 seconds

For the Greater Groove: The Future of Strings

Natalie Haas has helped define this new role for strings that I keep talking about--the future of string playing, which I believe is all about being a genuine rhythm player, not just a melody/virtuosic player. Natalie is the consummate rhythm string player, and her 20-year duo with Scottish fiddle master Alasdair Fraser is testament to that. She breaks it down, clearly demonstrates a groove for us, and is a good sport on her segment of Not My Gig, where I quiz the long-time teacher at the Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School about...The Valley of the Sun, an early Hollywood western.

3 years ago

53 minutes 22 seconds