Excited and glad my band 3 Squares received a review in Cadence Magazine. Heres what Cadence Magazine says about me:


"Daren Burns is one of the few younger electric bass players I’ve heard who owes more to Steve Swallow than Stanley Clarke or Jaco Pastorius"-Jerome Wilson ©Cadence Magazine 2010. www.cadencebuilding.com ph: 315-287-2852
 
Thats is huge for a fretless bass player and I am glad I seem to have passed the "Jaco Clone" hurdle! Jaco is a huge shadow to crawl out from under!

I'm writing two new blogs and I am determined to keep them going. They are both music related and have been kept up fairly well so far.

The first is about the Southern California Creative Music scene. It will cover avant-garde music from Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego areas, as well as everywhere in between.

http://www.socalcreativemusic.blogspot.com

I also have my more personal blog about my various musical thoughts and what not.

http://www.urbannerdsmusic.blogspot.com


My band Onibaba in the LA weekly
Read here: http://www.laweekly.com/2009-11-05/music/brick-s-picks-the-real-mccoy/

Read here: http://www.laweekly.com/2009-11-05/music/brick-s-picks-the-real-mccoy/

Had a great recording session with the Improvising Composers United last weekend and now back on the road with Kid and Nic. Going to be in NV for two weeks starting on Wednesday.
 
I am excited about a recording session I have coming up with Wadada Leo Smith, Scott Collins, Sarah Phillips, and Craig Bunch. We are recording 4-5 tracks of my music at Wayne Peets studio on the 23rd. The album is about political freedom fighters and prisoners of conscience over the past few decades with pieces being written for: Fela Kuti, Goyathlay (Geronimo), Mohandas Gandhi, and Aung San Suu Kyi.
 
I hope to get Onibaba recorded in the fall and start chipping away at other projects like 36 Ghosts and such.....

Pasadena Library 03-30-09:

http://www.darenburns.com/music/Onibaba/onibaba_Pasadena_Lib_033009.mp3

(Apprx. 50min.)

Tribal Cafe 04-19-09:

http://www.darenburns.com/music/Onibaba/onibaba_tribal_cafe_041909.mp3

(Apprx. 43min.)

Vinny Golia - Kaval, Soprano Sax, Bass Clarinet
George McMullen - Trombone
Scott Collins - Guitar
Craig Bunch - Drum Set
Me - Bass

Segued Tracks:
Van Gogh
Hymen Lipman
Anesthesia
Non-Breakable Dogs Shorn Wryly. Stop! Hammertime!