I was allowed to observe a practice ahead of a performance later that night in Kalamazoo, Mich. with musicians Seth Bernard and May Erlewine. Also at the practice was percussionist Mike Shimmin and bassist Andrew Kratzat. During the practice, I recorded video and audio focusing attention on Bernard and Erlewine, a duo in a committed personal and creative relationship. Following the practice, we sat down for an interview.
While the documentary is being stitched together, here are a few segments from a conversation with Campos where he talks about what a strange environment the recording studio is and how he works with musicians helping them find their natural place where communication can occur.
Who Hit John? bassist Ian Gorman discusses how the Kalamazoo-based bluegrass group brings together the musical ideas from five inspired musicans.
Duval, who plays in a duo with Traci Seuss and also with a five-piece rock group call Two Track Mind, says the key to understanding musical conversation is listening.
Exploring Conversations is a platform for examining the language of music. It was created as a graduate thesis project by Steven Davy
