Workshop Jim and Paul
According to tradition, the workshop by Jim ten Boske and Paul Driessen is the first event of the festival. The capacity of the location limited the size of the group to about half of the participants.
Considering this, it’s a pity that Artez has converted the old Organ Hall to a recording studio, because this hall was large enough for everyone. It’s just fun starting the festival all together or at least with most of the participants, that’s nice for getting acquainted.
The first workshop requires a bit of tentative action. Paul had designed a few fragments around pentatonic scales and Jim added the rythmic patterns. The result was a four-part-piece with bass, slash chords, seond voice and lead. The parts were shifted in time by a quarter. Musically it appeared a complex construction, but it sounded great in the end.
We concluded the workshop with a round of relay improvisation with the same pentatonic scale. It’s fun to hear what people play ad hoc!