Tags archives: billy martin
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5 years ago
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Musician Billy Martin Shares Creative Ideas with Students
I had the great pleasure and fortune for the second year in a row to host and to teach at the Art for Progress Summer Music and Art Program. The program was made possible by a grant from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, and was open to young people seeking to pursue careers in creative fields. Music and art were made, and a great and enlightening time was had by all this summer. The program consisted of workshops held on four consecutive Sundays in July and August. For each week’s session, we created a unique, interactive space where creativity seemed to be seeping from the walls. Curiosity was inspired and mysteries demystified. Each week featured a professional guest artist in a different creative discipline. Our guest artists shared with us the experiences they each encountered on their journey toward becoming a fully realized professional artist.
Jerrell Battle teaching Ableton while students interact
The focus of the of the program, in addition to developing specific skills, was once again centered on questions and situations that a professional artist might encounter. The kind, for instance, that might not be intuitive or often addressed in traditional academic settings. Basically, the stuff they don't tell you in school. We discussed finding your audience, vetting creative ideas, being band-mates as well as friends, and checking your attitude. There were also break out music sessions on topics i[...]
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6 years ago
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Art for Progress (AFP) is thrilled and honored to present a night of musical improvisation featuring a one-time super group, created for this special evening to benefit AFP music and art education programs- The bill will feature Billy Martin, Nels Cline (Wilco), Marc Ribot and special guests, Brooklyn power trio Bad Faces, and AFP’s sensational student band, Big Sweater.
The Art for Progress Band - Billy Martin, Marc Ribot, Nels Cline and Special Guests - Best known as the drummer for the avant-groove band Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Billy Martin called up some friends to join him for a one off charity event titled “Once in a Lifetime.” When guitarist Marc Ribot, who’s released over 20 albums under his own name and has played on countless records (Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp, Elton John) and Nels Cline, best known as Wilco’s lead guitarist and one of Rolling Stone’s “100 greatest guitarists” accepted, The Art for Progress Band was formed.
Bad Faces are a Brooklyn power trio as deeply rooted in American traditional music as they are reaching for new stratospheric heights in their improvisational explorations. Led by Singer/Guitarist Barry Komitor, Manager and teacher of AFP’s music education programs and fixture on New Yorks bluegrass and rock scenes, Bad Faces rhythm section is powered by Brian Stollery, one of the best known figures in NY jam music on bass, and NY’s most exciting young jazz drummer, Ethan Kogan.
Big Sweater is a unique blend o[...]
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