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Atmos Trio Monday morning sessions: Miles Davis’ Solar

by Rob Michael

The Atmos Trio first started out as an excuse to play in a very conversational way. We were (and still are) seeking a musical discussion that required no words. We were out to explore group improvisation but hopefully present it in such a way that it almost sounded composed.

For a time, our method of operation was to converge on my studio each Monday morning, throw up some mics, hit RECORD and just play. Here is a result of one of those session from July 2004.

Never intended for release, this recording of Solar really was a happy accident which was captured to disk. We played it and moved-on. Only during a later review of the session did we realize the level of musical interactivity that had apparently occurred earlier that day.

Here is your invitation to eavesdrop on our conversation.

Solar  by  AtmosTrio

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Solo Jazz Guitar take on “Don’t Know Why”

by Rob Michael

Continuing my efforts to liberate hard drive space is unearthing several forgotten little musical treasures. 

My offering for today is this solo guitar version the tune Nora Jones made such a huge hit several years ago. Like everything I've shared via Soundcloud, this track was never intended for release, just something I rediscovered and thought may provide someone with temporary respite from the pressures of a Monday.

Please enjoy with my compliments and pass it along if you think someone else might dig it.

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Clearing-out hard drive space and discovered these Forgotten Atmos Trio Tunes.

by Rob Michael

These are live recordings that were never intended for release but that, upon reviewing years after the fact, seemed worthy of sharing with interested listeners.

These are from a time when the concept of The Atmos Trio was still crystalizing.

Hypothetical Premise-A live track that captured an early Atmos Trio as we tuned-up (2004). There is no preconceived composition– just a jam. We know what song sound like, so we made one up on the spot

Kylie-Another nearly forgotten track from the Atmos Studio archives. This track was recorded live during the 1st year Atmos Trio started playing together.

This composition is by San Diego guitarist Peter Sprague. Peter was one of my favorite teachers from when I attended GIT in the late ’80′s. If he hears this–I hope he digs it.

Lonely Woman-A beautiful masterpiece by the great Horace Silver. Recorded in 2005, this live performance features Rob Michael on steel-string acoustic guitar, Joe Shotwell on drums and Jeff Obee on six-string fret less electric bass.

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Atmos Trio plays Horace Silver’s Lonely Woman

by Rob Michael

Searching the audio archives here in the studio, found this Horace Silver masterpiece that the Atmos Trio played Live in 2005.

Hope you dig it.

Lonely Woman by AtmosTrio

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Reflecting on the Rob Michael/ Damian Erskine Ustream Clinic

by Rob Michael

This past week, I had the great fortune to be able to share my Ustream Show with bass player extraordinaire Damian Erskine.

Damian and I have become familiar with one another via Social Networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. When he sent me a tweet indicating that he had a tour wrapping-up in my area and was interested in doing some playing, I wasted no time in inviting him to be a guest on Ustream for a Concert/ Clinic.

We hung-out, played some tunes and took questions from the audience and everyone had a great time. There was kind of a buzz before and after the event as well.

It’s always super fun to take “Virtual” relationships and have them become face-to-face ones.

Here’s an embed of us playing through one of my tunes Mr. Tippy Toe.

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Atmos Trio’s Web Widget

by Rob Michael

We have this cool little web widget that functions as a portable store. 

See these 5 buttons across at the top left? This is where much of the content can be found.

You can listen to music samples, purchase music, view our performance calendar, sign-up for our email list and more. 
You can also have a copy of this widget for yourself: it can function as an always updated Atmos gig calendar that you can view whenever you like–or you can put this on your myspace, facebook, blog, website…whatever you want–and you’ll be helping to spread the word about The Atmos Trio.
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