Dan Jam 2010 - More Video Footage Found

Floating Fish Studios held its second in a series of Synth Jam Sessions at FFS II back on 04/03/10. In his first appearance at FFS since 1991, our special guest was Dan "The Man" Fiber.

This raw unedited video footage, shot by Scott on his Flip Video camcorder, captured part of one of our sonic experiments. The quality is questionable but it gives you an unique look inside Dan Jam 2010. The ensemble gathered included Dan Fiber (aka The Man), Dave Chandler (aka Thee Sub One Genius), M Scott McConnell (aka MC2P4), and Matt Norcross (aka Ttam Troll).

The video captures a 9:24 minute excerpt from a massive 20+ minute improv titled TR-6. You can also see another previously posted video from Dan Jam 2010 by clicking here.

In The Trenches at Dan Jam 2010

Ttam Troll (foreground) and Dan "The Man" Fiber (background) playing synths at FFS II Dan Jam 2010 on 04/03/10.

Dan Jam 2010 - First Look and Listen

Floating Fish Studios held its second in a series of Synth Jam Sessions at FFS II on 04/03/10. In his first appearance at FFS since 1991, our special guest was Dan "The Man" Fiber.

It was great to welcome Dan and Tara back into the world of FFS. Between visiting Opening Night for Deirdre Burns Art Exhibit at the Wwoffka Gallery in Philly, shopping at the King of Prussia Mall, and late night partying, we managed to make it into the studio for some sonic experimentation.

This raw unedited video footage, shot by Scott on his Flip Video camcorder, captured part of one of those experiments. The quality is questionable but it gives you an unique look inside Dan Jam 2010. The ensemble gathered included Dan Fiber (aka The Man), Dave Chandler (aka Thee Sub One Genius), M Scott McConnell (aka MC2P4), and Matt Norcross (aka Ttam Troll).

This improv was titled TR-5 (not to be confused with TR-5 from FFS II Synth Jam 2010 on 02/20/10).

Any Questions? - Ascension

While preparing for Dan Jam 2010 last weekend at FFS II, MC2P4 (R) and I (L) worked on a few ideas that we thought we could use as templates for our improv sessions. One of these, a song idea we called Ascension, is a pounding and unrelenting piece.

The genesis for this song idea began with a programmed beat on our Roland MC-303. MC2P4 quickly picked up on the groove I set and began playing a synth bass part on his Korg Z1. I then moved over to the Roland RS-09 and Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 to add synth strings and an analog drone. After a short while, we hit the record button and the result is what we share with you now...

P.S. This behind the scenes photo of Ttam Troll (L) and MC2P4 (R) was taken by Kelly Hoffman before Any Questions? performance at the Music Invasion Festival (07/10/04).

P.S.S. Note to MC2P4 - We must get the volume control knob/end output stage on the Roland RS-09 fixed so it doesn't crap out like you can hear on this track. "Write that down!"