My band Sungazer plays to backing tracks - are we cheating? Or are we simply continuing the tradition of Pierre Schaefer and the electroacoustic avant-garde of the 1950's? Or...is that just a pretentious way of justifying lazy practice? I was recently on an episode of PBS Sound Field where I jammed with Nahre Sol, a classical pianist, and LA Buckner, a gospel/R&B drummer, and talked about our different backgrounds and approaches to playing. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABQ_0ys3It0 The band SUNGAZER is... ☀️Adam Neely (that's me!) - Bass ☀️Shawn Crowder - Drums w/ special guests ☀️Jared Yee - Saxophone ☀️Danae Greenfield - Keys Definition of Acousmatic Music http://trondlossius.no/articles/91-acousmatic-music-defined Antoine Hennion. ”As Fast as One Possibly Can ...”: Virtuosity, a Truth of Musical Performance. Stan Hawkins. Critical Musicological Reflections. Essays in Honour of Derek B. Scott, Ashgate, pp.125-138, 2012. ffhal-00771908f ELECTRONIC MUSIC is the new acousmatic music https://brettworks.com/2012/02/13/on-the-trickle-down-of-electronic-dance-music-aesthetics-iii-acousmatic-sound-and-authenticity-at-the-2012-grammy-awards/ The relationship of Husserlian phenomenology to the work of Pierre Schaeffer https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a94f/a63d30a30660da3ce49255f2cfdfbe3d0b9c.pdf 3 Fantaisies for Solo Flute, Op.38 Friedrich Kuhlau Performed by Paolo Dalmoro https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Fantaisies_for_Solo_Flute%2C_Op.38_(Kuhlau%2C_Friedrich) Whitney Houston lip sync https://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/02/whitney-houston-national-anthem-video-super-bowl-51-2017 Obama Inauguration performance was pantomimed https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/arts/music/23band.html (⌐■_■) ⦿WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND MUSIC?! (my band!)⦿ https://spoti.fi/2AKAAQ6 ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE