Claude Lassonde

53 // Male // Montreal, Canada  |   Member since February 6, 2007
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My Songs

Contribution:
Guitar ES 175 with GR-1 and K2000
Tags:
avant-garde jazz, improvisational, free jazz, synthesizer, saxophone, electric guitar, drums, free time

Contribution:
Classical guitar
Tags:
avant-garde jazz, free improvisation, improvisational, free jazz, experimental, electric guitar, voice (male), trumpet, double bass, drums, 122

Contribution:
guitar
Tags:
Les sabres de l'empyrée
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Tendinite des étoiles
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Asmodée et la luxure
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About Me

Craft:
musician
Instruments:
electric guitar
Genres:
free jazz

Guitar virtuoso, playing since 35 years. Master degre in composition at Montreal University. In classical guitar concert performer for many years. Many recordings for radio and TV. Curently lead guitar in Silène with Matthieu Bélanger, bass clarinet, first prize of Du Maurier Montreal jazz festival, Gilles Douaire, wild bassist previously lead of Frequency and Alain Robert, exquisite drummer for free jazz.

Extended

Band or Group:
Silène, www.silene.ca
Influences:
Contemporary and avant- garde music. . . Modern classical: Scryabin, Messian, Boulez, Reich. . . In jazz: Miles Davis, Pastorius, McLaughlin, Coryell. . . In rock: King Crimson, Zappa, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giants. . .
Favorite Lyric:

Le vampire et la nymphomane, opera, Claude Gauvreau

Website:
www.silene.ca

Working With Others

How I Work:

If I like, I play. I dislike many things! I hate simplistic views of music. Even if I am well educated(!),I rather play directly then read and learn parts. I love free jazz.

Experience:

Head of Electroacoustic research in Canada for years with ACREQ. Many concerts and recordings in radio and TV. Many prize and submission works by National Art Council. My compositions are published by the Canada Music Center as an associate Composer. Now, semi-retired, playing for pure fun, heavy experimental jazz.

Equipment:
Full studio with drum cabin and a ton of equipment including two samplers and six synthetisers. I have a collection of fine guitars all with MIDI system plus a load of effects and amplification with Mesa Boogie, Acoustic Image and Razears Sthealth ER cabinet. Neuman Shure and other mics... Focusrite preamp, Mackie mixer, digital recording etc..
Payments:
This user does not accept PayPal for session payment

Comments

Bam Dorner wrote on May 24, 2008:

Crazy music I like :) -- Bam http://midi-musiker.de