and running.

http://aarondugan.com/Home.aspx

The Dugan/Arnal CD is ready to go and is available at downtown music gallery in Manhattan. Or you can go here on the web:

http://downtownmusicgallery.com

check out the nice review. wowzers. thank you, sir.


AARON DUGAN/JEFF ARNAL - Dog Day (C3R 13; Canada) [Special limited time price!] Featuring Aaron Dugan on guitar and Jeff Arnel on drums. I can't tell you much about guitarist, Aaron Dugan, except that he is Matisyahu's band (Hasidic reggae star) and has a duo disc with local drummer Mike Pride. Jeff Arnel is one of the better improvising drummers in NY nowadays and has a dozen great discs with Dietrich Eichmann, Gordon Beeferman, Dan DeChellis, Blaise Siwula, Nate Wooley and Reuben Radding. This duo is hooked up! There is strong balance and powerful flow of ideas back and forth. Free rock/jazz?!? No matter what you might call it, these cats are listening and responding quickly and tightly. It is cool to hear Jeff's drums as the lead instrument on a few of these pieces. Jeff plays brushes on "Trickum Shoals" and sets up the swinging sort of groove for Aaron to respond to with a minimum of notes placed just right. Jeff does a good job of bowing or rubbing his cymbal on "Pisco", a rather eerie piece with a minimum of notes used. Each piece involves different structures or textures or combinations of sounds. Some are very short, under 2 minutes, but all seem to say something stimulating. Both Aaron and Jeff change the sound of their instrument or their approach to playing on each piece, selectively coming up with new ideas on each piece. They even come up with a handful of strange, twisted melodies on a few of these pieces. Quite a successful pairing of their talents and often an unexpected delight. - BLG
CD $12

hey homies and homettes

you can buy my CD ten improvisations at CD baby.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/aarondugan

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PS... maybe i should start something called "cassette infant". or maybe "record toddler"?

Hey Yo Yo Hey

I'm featured in the Holiday edition of Guitar World magazine ("Tune Ups" section) and I'm playing some guitar on the DVD that accompanies the magazine. It's the one that features My Chemical Romance on the cover. It's on newsstands now. Check it out.

Yo Hey Hey Yo

A nice guy named Wills interviewed me. Check it out:

http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/dugan-aaron-060607.shtml