There There Now Now
There there, Now now… the phrase is so strange and vague. Why would you say that to someone in distress? “There there, now now” …it’s odd right? But it could be a koan.
This allowing for change/chance is really how this album came to be; telling the inner critic to leave me be for a minute while I continue to follow the thread of my intuition… Picked up the bass clarinet one day, started making a vocal loop a different day, come back a day later and see if there is something to add. Improvisations were ongoing and sometimes fragmentary.
Additional instruments were often laid on top of existing, free-time solo recordings. Edits were made later and drums added by Peter Valsamis much later.
There is one ancient recording made back in 2000 with the intention of it being used on the never-realized Better Daze (Ubiquity) record. It was in improvisation by Mike Silverman (acoustic bass and effects), Peter Valsamis and myself in my San Francisco studio with coaching from Andrew Jervis. This edited trio improv became the piece on the album called “Wobbly”. There is something to be said for letting a piece marinate for over 20 years.

Artwork by Paul Scriver and Loumis
I don’t know what is going to happen next, all decisions will be made in the present in any case. There there, now now… don’t think too much about how things will unfold – you don’t know now, but you will when you get there.”
Tracklist
1 – December Falls
2 – Rockaby Empty Cradle
3 – Wobbly
4 – Lament
5 – January Thaw
6 – Shoulder Month
7 – April Rhythm
8 – Tributary
9 – Bamboo Forest
10 – Holy In This Minute