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Vonology<\/em> is available in vinyl, CD, as digital downloads on Bandcamp<\/a>. All purchases include a digital copy of my 2020 University of Chicago dissertation \u201c\u2018Will You Still Be Mine?\u2019: Memory, Place, Race and Jazz on Chicago\u2019s South Side\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All cover design by Jamie Breiwick of B Side Graphics.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Front cover art by Jamie Breiwick <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Liner notes by Neil Tesser<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Von Freeman’s natal horoscope by Brian Allemana of Soulrise Astrology <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Astrological texts by Brian Allemana<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does it take to create beauty out of pain? I\u2019ve known my share of grief. Sometimes I get lost in the emotion, brooding on a painfully tempting sorrow, until a voice in me says STOP \u2014 and I listen. I pick up my instrument and I channel that firm, untarnished voice into an invisible musical body that envelops your ears, reaches into your heart and reminds you that the same sweet voice, as unique as you, is also in you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To my young cats, yeah you, my horses: If you can\u2019t look inward and beyond, hear the muse speaking, singing, dancing, and know yourself as but a servant, then I\u2019ll send you back, kick you in the guts to remind you where music starts. Put aside your desires and be willing to suffer anything to create something beautiful. Do this and you can share my stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The music has ended for the night, the bar\u2019s closed, and the patrons have left. Loneliness returns and I reach for any distraction that will ease the pain. I circle around my need for others and my fear of being too vulnerable. So I come back to the music. What else can transcend this pained and harsh world that I feel so acutely as if the world is my own body?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I secure myself by taking up the role I\u2019ve been given and play it without compromise. And there I find the key \u2014 to play it. To play heartbreak, remorse, joy, love, loss, all the colors of darkness and light. Through my time-crafted instrument, my body\u2019s longtime companion, I screech my pained yearnings and giggle my delights. I give the depth and intensity that is in me a form and expression through the improvised play of music, so that you can feel it too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vonology is available in vinyl, CD, as digital downloads on Bandcamp. All purchases include a digital copy of my 2020 University of Chicago dissertation \u201c\u2018Will You Still Be Mine?\u2019: Memory, Place, Race and Jazz on Chicago\u2019s South Side\u201d. All cover design by Jamie Breiwick of B Side Graphics. Front cover art by Jamie Breiwick Back cover Liner notes by Neil Tesser Von Freeman’s natal horoscope by Brian Allemana of Soulrise Astrology Astrological texts by Brian Allemana What does it take to create beauty out of pain? I\u2019ve known my share of grief. Sometimes I get lost in the emotion, brooding…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vonology.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vonology.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vonology.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vonology.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vonology.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/vonology.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/vonology.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vonology.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}