"Prior to becoming the pianist and collaborating partner for thirty3, I exemplified the quintessential definition of an "unknown".

Jay Kishor was looking for a pianist with whom to start up a new creative project. We jammed together, and within a very short time, we were rarely apart either musically or personally. I was classically trained, and I composed by transcription or by using software to digitally record my ideas. That is, until I met Jay, was exposed to his approach to music, embraced his vision, and became his protégé. thirty3's aesthetic evolved from his methodology and from our unique connection, which is the core of thirty3. Playing with Jay is like sprouting wings. After you get a taste of flying, you never want to just walk again. You lose the boundaries of the physical because "organic music" eliminates the force of gravity.

As Jay has said "the paramount factor in music above all else, is honesty. The only way to assure integrity and honesty is via the path of improvised music. If music is to be a true expression of the self, it must reflect moments occurring at a particular place in time rather than being something composed by someone else in some other place, some other time." This can be experienced either as a musician or as a listener, which is what I was initially because it was all I was capable of being. I learned through Jay how to truly improvise. To do so, I had to truly LISTEN - to let go of my intellect, lose my fear of making mistakes, be disturbed by the lack of intelligence, creativity and development I heard in my own musical ideas in contrast to his and to be frustrated by my lack of ability to clearly express my soul...until I finally got to the point that I wasn't. The demands of this methodology make you a better musician, a more evolved musician. Working with Jay is a cleansing process; it's yoga for the soul.

I need to talk about story telling because that is what Jay always has done and now what we do together in thirty3. We establish a musical setting and then delve into this setting, expanding it, developing it and ultimately allowing the listener to experience the story as it unfolds. That story occurs in a specific moment in time, never to be the same again, even if the setting remains constant.

This is not meant as disrespect to the art of song craft. Composers, and in a sense people who play compositions, do so with the best of intentions of leaving a legacy in the world of art. However, much like ice sculptures or the sand mandalas in the Buddhist tradition, the raw material of music does not lend itself to permanency. Composing music is like trying to catch the wind in your hands and goes against the ephemeral nature of sound. The raw materials of painting, sculpture, photography and writing are materials of the Earth, whereas the raw materials of music, dance, and stories are of the ether. A beautiful cloud formation doesn't repeat itself. We have photography and paint to capture it. Rather than replicating the birth of a past moment over and over again, the "organic musician" explores the promise and truth belonging to the present moment.

We are excited to present our debut album "Rare, The Kafi Kanada Sessions". Kafi Kanada is a rare and ancient Indian classical raga or melody. It provides the setting for this music in a "gravity-free environment."

~ Savana Moore

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Rare, the Kafi Kanada Sessions