mikestaron

Hello Chuck, I produced and electronically released another trio recording last fall. Featuring myself, Rich Corpolongo and drummer Steve Magnone. It's freely improvised however we would talk over an idea, form, or an abstract techique before we tracked each piece. I have a tunecore mp3 widget of the recording that I'd like to send to you however I'll need an email address. All the best, Mike Staron, my public email address is - smusic05@sbcglobal.net

Great news. Now if some label would only reissue Conserving NRG and Hal On Earth, and issue (for the 1st time) Flying Down To Salzburg. Hal's music was consistently excellent by the 1980s. And yet his music kept developing, in response specifically to all kinds of musical and cultural inspirations: Ayler, Artie Shaw, Astaire, movies, a book, etc. One of his last suites was "The Freedom Principle" - it needed editing, he had enough material for several concerts in that one. I use "Carnal Conscupicence" by Hal and Mars to scare away kids on Halloween. The whole LP is violently creative. Weasel Walter is another Hal Russell protege who made good. Mike Staron wasn't a protege, but a good collaborator. At the time it seemed like everybody's loss that Rafael Garrett turned down Hal's offer to put him in the NRG Ensemble. Fortunately Kent Kessler showed up. Looks like the NRG Ensemble is not going to get together this year for their annual Hal-loween Hal Russell tribute concert. Too bad. But Extraordinary Popular Delusions are well worth hearing on Monday evenings, including October 31, 2011. Hello John, I've been wanting to get in touch with you for months. I produced and electronically released another trio recording last fall. Featuring myself, Rich Corpolongo and drummer Steve Magnone. It's freely improvised however we would talk over an idea, form, or an abstract techique before we tracked each piece. I have a tunecore mp3 widget of the recording that I'd like to send to you however I'll need an email address. All the best, Mike Staron, my public email address is - smusic05@sbcglobal.net