Danny Barnes' How to Play the Banjo, Part I video

www.dannybarnes.com this video produced by Wiant Productions http The banjo stirs a feeling of timelessness with its old time/bluegrass/folk associations. Danny Barnes builds with these base molecules of the instrument's heritage, sculpting a sound with one foot in contemporary technological landscapes, another in deep running traditions, and arms waving free in outer space. Found audio samples merge and crash as the instrument's high picking peaks and valleys of bassy depths loop in a journey through the American heart of darkness and back towards the light. Add the free form jazz of Ornette Coleman to the legacy of Dock Boggs, remix it with DJ Shadow, and view it through a DIY punk aesthetic and you have some idea of Folktronics. Live, on studio or homemade records, and through the countless concert recordings that circulate in the taper scene as word-of-mouth gems, Barnes is a sonic pioneer, hacking through the underbrush with his musical weapons of choice, banjo as compass. - Sarah Hagerman, jambase.com - - - - - "Music needs to change...grow and evolve...be constantly inspired through the work of the people that create it. Thank God we have a man like Danny Barnes leading the way...a true hero and resounding voice to those who are smart enough to listen." - Jeff Austin, Yonder Mountain String Band - - - - - Danny Barnes has recorded with and/or played onstage with: tim o'brien (hot rize) bill frisell chuck leavell (rolling stones, allman brothers) dave matthews band ...