Forum - Week 9 - Tr!ppin' on Chewbacca

Well here I am in the EMU kitchen, eating Suimin noodles,
cinnamon donuts and a bread stick. Yes Luke, this is exactly
why I burp frequently. Our guest presenter for forum this
week was Tyson “DJ Tr!p” Hopprich, or as his friends call
him, Tyson (probably). Prior to the presentation, the early
gatherers (including myself) and Tr!p fell into a premature
jam, unfortunately not caught on tape. As cool as last week’s
trip to India was, I was much more engaged this time ‘round
by Tr!p’s gadget collection. Myself being privy to the Gameboy
Camera’s hidden DJ mixer, I was surprised to hear such funk
come out the previously-thought-crap program.

I would normally consider the talking part of these forums
‘artistic blatherings’, however Tr!p had a much more tangible
way of explaining his profession, perhaps due to his innate
youth. After his first little improvisation on his own, my
group joined in and tentatively pursued improvisational nirvana.
Of course all good things must come to an end, in my case my
pedal finally collapsed under the weight of its own inferiority
and died. Right at the start. So without my safety blanket I
stepped into the cold dark woods of performance, and diminished
my input to skeletal beat boxing. But I’m not going to dwell on
the fact, just pretend it never happened and let it fester
quietly as a mental illness. Listening back on my Studio 1
recordings of the session it all sounded pretty good, with
the piano often creating some great moments. I would say the
best part of the day was Dave’s guitar solos in the 3rd
‘trip-hop’ improv- even listening back it still gives me
shivers. “Chewie, is that you?”


2nd Jam MP3 15MB


Are these pictures getting too abstract?


Remember everyone,
Ubi cáritas et ámor, Déus ibi est.
Congregávit nos in únum Christi ámor. Exsultémus et in ípso jucundémur.
Timeámus et amémus Déum vívum. Et ex córde diligámus nos sincéro.
Ubi cáritas et ámor, Déus ibi est. Amen.