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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

October 2011: Indo Latin Jazz Oct Six, OctoSkypus and Teach or Treat

October 2011 Issue:
Welcome to the Ancient Future Times
Twitter: Ancient Future Band (Ancient_Future)
Facebook: Ancient Future Fan Page • Matthew Montfort Fan Page

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In this issue:

Indo Latin Jazz in Marin County
•Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble at 142 Throckmorton Mill Valley , October 6, 8 pm

Successful Student Recital
•Skype Lesson Sale and Free Introductory Private Lesson in San Rafael

A.F.A.R. Passes 10% of Fundraising Goal
•Just $300 Away from Adding 1st Studio Recording to Archive!

Fall CD Sale
•Three Latest Releases on Sale

Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble in Concert in Marin

Rave Reviews in Marin IJ

Thursday, October 6, 8 pm, Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble with Paul McCandless, Matthew Montfort, Fred Randolph, Ian Dogole, and Brian Rice, 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941. Tix: $18 adv, $23 door. Doors Open: 7:30. Info: (415) 383-9600, or email boxoffice@142throckmortontheatre.org. Facebook Event. Press Release.

An evening of high-spirited world jazz music with original compositions inspired by the rhythms of Brazil, Cuba, India and Spain Featuring Mariah Parker (composer, pianist, santurist), Paul McCandless (Grammy award-winning woodwind virtuoso with the groups Paul Winter Consort and Oregon), Matthew Montfort (pioneering guitarist with Ancient Future), Ian Dogole (global percussion), Brian Rice (Latin percussion), and Fred Randolph (bass).

"Worldwide Grooves: What happens when the irresistible syncopated rhythms of Latin jazz meet the trance-like asymmetrical meters of Indian music? In the hands of keyboardist Mariah Parker and friends, the result is a global sound as hypnotic as it is danceable. Parker and her Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble, an all-star group including Grammy-winning woodwind player Paul McCandless of the band Oregon and Ancient Future guitar innovator Matthew Montfort, take the stage at 8pm Oct. 6 at 142 Throckmorton Theatre at 142 Throckmorton Ave. in Mill Valley. Tickets are $18 to $23. Call 383-9600 or go to www.142throckmortontheatre.org ." - Best Bets, MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL

"This is the impressive solo CD debut of a pianist-composer known primarily for her performances with the longtime Marin world music group Ancient Future. Parker, who worked with Mickey Hart on his "Planet Drum" project when she was completing her music degree at UC Santa Cruz, describes her style on this eight-track instrumental album as Indo Latin jazz. And just as the Spanish drink sangria is a blend of wine and brandy and other flavors, "Sangria" is a fusion of Indian classical music with Latin sounds and Middle Eastern rhythms." - Paul Liberatore, MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL

Successful Student Recital

Skype Lesson Sale and Free Introductory Private Lesson in San Rafael

On September 11, Matthew Montfort held a special backyard student recital. It was a lot of fun with very successful performances, wonderful weather, and homemade pad thai! To celebrate, prices have been temporarily reduced on skype lessons, and a free half hour introductory lesson is available to new students at Matthew Montfort's home studio in San Rafael during the month of October! Just email info@ancient-future.com or call 415-459-1892 and mention this offer.

A.F.A.R. Passes 10 Percent of Fundraising Goal

Just $300 Away from Adding 1st Studio Recording to Archive!

Your Financial Support Helps Add Tracks to the Archive!

Recording Newsletter: $15 (receive 128 kbps downloads). Subscribe @ $15. Download Supporter: $25 (320 kbps downloads). Subscribe @ $25. Limited Edition CD Sponsor: $50 (all previous plus CD-R upon completion). Subscribe @ $50. Honorary A & R Representative: $75 (all previous plus DVD-R upon completion). Subscribe @ $75.

The Archive of Future Ancient Recordings concept is to involve you, fans of world fusion music, in supporting the creation of a collection of new live and studio recordings that are available to subscribers as they are created. There are already seven expertly mixed and mastered live tracks totaling 50 minutes and 42 seconds in the archive available to subscribers immediately!

On April 1, 2011, basic tracks for two songs were recorded featuring original Ancient Future tabla player Benjy Wertheimer, Mariah Parker on santur, and Matthew Montfort on scalloped fretboard guitar. To date, we've raised $2530 towards our goal of $25,000 for the project, and we are now just three hundred dollars away from adding the first brand new studio track to the archive!

When the archive is complete, the best of the collection will be selected for release as the eighth Ancient Future release. Please sign up for A.F.A.R. now and join us on this creative cross-cultural journey! Your support can be what puts the first studio song in the archive.

Fall CD Sale

Three Latest Releases on Sale

This fall, the three latest releases on Ancient-Future.Com Records are on sale for only $11 each with any other purchase at Ancient-Future.Com. Just purchase any book, CD, or make a donation to support the Archive of Future Ancient Recordings, and you will have the option of purchasing any of the CDs below for only $11!

Planet Passion by Ancient Future (Ancient-Future.Com AF 2010) $17.98 list (Fall Sale: $11 with any other purchase): Buy Link. (>audio.)

"If the members of the United Nations formed a world-fusion band, it might look and sound a little something like Ancient Future’s re-issue of their seventh recording. Planet Passion strives to preserve the world’s vast musical heritage via international collaboration: the idea that one protects the old by creating something new. This is at the heart of fusion music and the heart of Ancient Future’s global aesthetics, too: a diverse, unified world without borders, a multicultural community, a new, reconstituted sonic reality." — Ryan Allen, LEO WEEKLY, Louisville, Kentucky

Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar by Matthew Montfort. (Ancient-Future.Com AF 2008). $17.98 (Fall Sale: $11 with any other purchase): Buy Link. (>audio.)

"This unusual guitar album brings together world instruments to complement the scalloped fretboard guitar. Starting with ‘Gauri the Golden’, an improvisational piece drawing heavily on Indian raga, this is an intriguing collection of the resulting compositions. I must admit that sometimes ragas played by guitar players seem to wander on forever, changing a note here and there and weaving a kind of slow, hypnotic journey. However, this guitar work is stunning, intricate and wonderfully melodic. If you are looking for good listening and something different for your CD shelf, this is it." - J.W. McClure, VICTORY REVIEW ACOUSTIC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Sangria by Mariah Parker (Ancient-Future.Com AF 2017). $17.98 (Fall Sale: $11 with any other purchase): Buy Link. (>audio).

"Parker and friends blend the rhythmic syncopations of Latin jazz music with the entrancing, asymmetrical meters of East Indian rhythms resulting in first-class world music. Intriguing melodies that draw musical inspirations from the tempos of Brazil, Cuba, India and Spain make for an uplifting serene yet passionate musical journey into an ideal world." - LATIN BEAT MAGAZINE

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Ancient Future Reunion So Near, So A.F.A.R.

September 2011 Issue:
Welcome to the Ancient Future Times
Twitter: Ancient Future Band (Ancient_Future)
Facebook: Ancient Future Fan Page • Matthew Montfort Fan Page

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In this issue:

First Video from Ancient Future 'World Without Walls' Lineup Reunion Concert
•Recorded at Yoshi's, San Francisco, June 7

First Studio Recording So Near, So A.F.A.R.
•Basic Tracks for Two Songs Recorded

September $11 CD Sale
•Several CDs on Sale in September for $11

Think Global, Play Local
•Sleeping Lady Cafe, 23 Broadway, Fairfax, CA, September 14, 8 pm, Acoustic Vortex Larkspur House Concert Benefit, September 17, 7 pm, Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble at 142 Throckmorton Mill Valley , October 6, 8 pm

First Video from Ancient Future 'World Without Walls' Lineup Reunion Concert

Live Version of '14 Steps' from Ancient Future's 'World Without Walls' Reunion Concert at Yoshi's SF, 6/7/11

On June 7, 2011, the exact lineup of Ancient Future that performed on the band's influential World Without Walls and Asian Fusion recordings reunited to perform for the first time in over 15 years at Yoshi's San Francisco and other venues.

To celebrate the reunion, Capitol/EMI Records has released the first ever digital version of Ancient Future's classic 1990 World Without Walls recording on iTunes and all major digital retailers.

Capitol did not reissue the record on CD, and as a result new CD copies of the original release are going for over $208 on amazon.com. But you can get a reconditioned original copy signed by Ancient Future leader Matthew Montfort for $24.95 at ancient-future.com, and the money will go to support the music rather than to make a record collector richer.

World Without Walls by Ancient Future (Capitol/Sona Gaia 163) $24.98 (Rare collectable reconditioned CD. Signed by Ancient Future's Matthew Montfort.): Buy Link . (>audio.)

As its name suggests, World Without Walls by Ancient Future depicts a musical world without borders. This classic 1990 recording features Ancient Future members Matthew Montfort (guitars), Jim Hurley (violin), Doug McKeehan (keys), and Ian Dogole (percussion), plus special guest performances by world music legend and tabla master Zakir Hussain.

Tabla master Zakir Hussain

First Studio Recording So Near, So A.F.A.R.

Basic Tracks for Two Songs Recorded 4/1/2011: Ready for Mixing and Mastering

Your Financial Support Helps Add Tracks to the Archive!

On April 1, 2011, basic tracks for two songs were recorded featuring original Ancient Future tabla player Benjy Wertheimer, Mariah Parker on santur, and Matthew Montfort on scalloped fretboard guitar. We need to raise the funds to pay for mixing and mastering the tracks. To date, we've raised $2380 towards our goal of $25,000 for the project, and we are now just hundreds of dollars away from adding the first brand new studio track to the archive.

September $11 CD Sale

During the month of September, the three latest releases on Ancient-Future.Com Records are on sale for only $11 each with any other purchase at Ancient-Future.Com! Just purchase any book, CD, or make a donation to support the Archive of Future Ancient Recordings, and you will have the option of purchasing any of the CDs below for only $11!

Planet Passion by Ancient Future (Ancient-Future.Com AF 2010) $17.98 list (Sale this September: $11 with any other purchase): Buy Link. (>audio.)

Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar by Matthew Montfort. (Ancient-Future.Com AF 2008). $17.98 (Sale this September: $11 with any other purchase): Buy Link. (>audio.)

Sangria by Mariah Parker (Ancient-Future.Com AF 2017). $17.98 (Sale this September: $11 with any other purchase): Buy Link. (>audio).

Think Global, Play Local

Being world fusion pioneers, Ancient Future has always thought (and performed) globally. But historically Ancient Future hasn't been very focused on the local San Francisco Bay Area music scene. So, in these times where touring is financially more difficult due to arts presenter budget cuts, we have booked a series of ultra local performances in Marin County, California! And every concert is a completely different program. But, rest assured, we are planning on returning to touring soon. So, if you know of a venue in your area that you would like to see Ancient Future perform at, please email their contact information to info@ancient-future.com. We'll send them a promo package!

Here's the lineup of ultra local performances:

Acoustic Guitar Showcase

Wednesday, September 14, 9:00 pm, Acoustic Guitar Showcase featuring Matthew Montfort, Jeff Titus, and Teja Gerken, The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax, CA 94930. No cover. Info: 415-485-1182. Facebook Event

This Acoustic Guitar Showcase is a round-robin of guitar music with scalloped fretboard guitarist Matthew Montfort, harp sympitar guitarist Jeff Titus, and acoustic fingerstyle guitarist Teja Gerken.

Ancient Future 9-11 Mitigation Benefit

Saturday, September 17, 8 pm, Ancient Future 9-11 Mitigation Benefit featuring Matthew Montfort, Mariah Parker, and Salaheddin Takesh, Acoustic Vortex, Larkspur, CA 94939. Doors/food/wine/shmooze: 7 pm. Suggested voluntary donation: $25. Email bruce@acousticvortex.com for an invitation.

"One of the unfortunate consequences of the 9-11 tragedy has perhaps been our somewhat greater proclivity to view those from other cultures as 'the other.' Please join the Acoustic Vortex and Ancient Future in our joint efforts of utilizing music to enhance our mutual understanding and connectedness. We will be donating a percentage of our revenue to Doctors Without Borders and the Families of Freedom Fund, a scholarship fund for children of slain 9-11 rescue workers." - Bruce Victor, Acoustic Vortex

The program features a trio lineup of Ancient Future with Matthew Montfort on scalloped fret guitar (inspired by the Indian vina), and the glissentar (an 11 string fretless guitar), Mariah Parker on santur, and Salaheddin Takesh on Arabic percussion.

Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble

An evening of high-spirited world jazz music with original compositions inspired by the rhythms of Brazil, Cuba, India and Spain featuring Mariah Parker (composer, piano, santur), Paul McCandless (woodwinds and horns), Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard and flamenco guitars), Ian Dogole (global percussion), Brian Rice (Latin percussion), and Fred Randolph (double bass).

"Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble creates voodoo... when I saw them live at Kuumbwa Jazz Cafe they were purely raw and fearless." - JOHN SHELTON IVANY, TOP 21 (former editor of HIT PARADER and ROCK AND SOUL)

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Capitol Releases World Without Walls to Celebrate Reunion Concerts June 7, Guitarpalooza on Radio Tonight

June 2011 Issue:

Welcome to the Ancient Future Times

Twitter: Ancient Future Band (Ancient_Future)

Facebook: Ancient Future Fan Page • Matthew Montfort Fan Page

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In this issue:

Ancient Future World Without Walls Lineup Reunion Concert Around the Corner

•Yoshi's, San Francisco, June 7, 8 pm: First Performance in Over 15 Years

Capitol Records Schedules Digital Release of World Without Walls by Ancient Future to Celebrate Reunion Concert

•First Digital Release of Classic 1990 Recording by Ancient Future featuring Tabla Master Zakir Hussain

Frets & Strings: An Evening of Acoustic Guitar

•Freight and Salvage, June 5, 8 pm

Ancient Future World Without Walls Lineup Reunion Concert Around the Corner

Yoshi's, San Francisco, June 7: First Performance in Over 15 Years

Tuesday, June 7, 8 pm

Yoshi's San Francisco

1330 Fillmore St.

San Francisco, CA 94115

Tix: $16 in advance, $20 at the door. Buy Tix.

Info: 415-655-5600, or www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco

Poster (944 k pdf). Facebook Event (Invite Your Friends!). Full Press Release.

Ancient Future circa 1990. Photo by Irene Young.

On June 7, 2011, the exact lineup of Ancient Future that performed on the band's influential World Without Walls and Asian Fusion recordings will reunite to perform for the first time in over 15 years. The reunion show at Yoshi's San Francisco features Matthew Montfort on scalloped fretboard guitar, Jim Hurley on violin, Doug McKeehan on keyboards, Ian Dogole on percussion, plus Kash Killion on bass, Mariah Parker on santur, special guest sitarist Pandit Habib Khan, who appears with this exact band lineup on the song "Socha Socha" on the Planet Passion recording, and world dancer Sapphira. There is a "teaser" concert featuring the core lineup at noon the same day at Todos Santos Plaza in Concord.

Examiner.Com: Historic Ancient Future Reunion Concert just ahead!

"This is a one-time-only chance to catch this special reunion performance by the lineup that played over a hundred concerts together between their first appearance on August 21, 1988 at the Concert in the Forest, a benefit for the Friends of the Cathedral Forest near Breitenbush Hot Springs, Oregon, and their August 26, 1995, show for the Calaveras Arts Council. The band hasn't played in its original configuration since the show in 1995 so this is going to be a rare treat!"

"Examiner.com has recently seen Matthew Montfort collaborating with Arabic musicians at city college and a tabla player at the Himalayan fair in Berkeley as well as fellow guitar pickers at the Freight and Salvage. He is in peak form and with the original band members that created groundbreaking recordings like 'Asian Fusion' and 'World Without Walls' joining him it is sure to be a stellar, dynamic concert that may sell out and is not to be missed!" – Johnathon Bakan, SF Asian Music Examiner

India Currents: Ancient Future, Ageless Fusion

"Ancient Future is one of the rare bands whose genesis is in world fusion. The upcoming concert will reunite Montfort on scalloped fretboard guitar, Jim Hurley on violin, Doug McKeehan on keyboards, Ian Dogole on percussion, and master musician Habib Khan on sitar...with the sound reminiscent of the silk-smooth Shakti by Zakir Hussain and group, especially in Hurley’s 'Lakshmi Rocks Me.' Montfort’s 'Gamarock' has whiffs of India and flower-power. Dogole’s 'Mezgoof' is based on the qawwali style. McKeehan’s drama in 'Turkish Taffy' will appeal to the Bollywood soul." – Priya Das, INDIA CURRENTS, May 2011

Sunday Night Live with Jane Heaven on KPFA: Ancient Future and it's spawn

A visit with guitarist bandleader Matthew Montfort of Ancient Future and music spawned of the World Without Walls and Asian Fusion era of the band. Violinist Jim Hurley, keyboardist/producer Doug McKeehan and Shafqat Ali Khan featured.

This audio archive will be available until Sunday, June 12th 2011:

http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/70183

Capitol Records Schedules Digital Release of World Without Walls by Ancient Future to Celebrate Reunion Concert

First Digital Release of Classic 1990 Recording by Ancient Future featuring Tabla Master Zakir Hussain

World Without Walls CD Cover Art

On June 7, 2011, the exact lineup of Ancient Future that performed on the band's influential World Without Walls and Asian Fusion recordings will reunite to perform for the first time in over 15 years at Yoshi's San Francisco and other venues. To celebrate the reunion concerts, Ancient Future's classic 1990 World Without Walls recording is scheduled to be released by Capitol/EMI Records at major digital retailers such as iTunes and Amazon.com MP3 Store for the first time ever on June 7, 2011.

As its name suggests, World Without Walls by Ancient Future depicts a musical world without borders. This classic 1990 recording features Ancient Future members Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar, steel string guitars, electric guitars, classical guitar, guitar synthesizers, mandolin), Jim Hurley (acoustic violins, Zeta electric violin, steel string guitar), Doug McKeehan (piano, synthesizers), and Ian Dogole (dumbek, talking drum, congas, bongos, udu, shaker, bass drums, cymbal, sleigh bells, kendang, kajar, ceng-ceng, bells, chimes).

The record also features guest performances by world music legend and tabla master Zakir Hussain (tabla, kanjira), Gary Brown (fretless electric bass), Jeff Narell (steel drums), Vince Delgado (tambourine), Jack Dorsey (drum set), Bill Douglass (acoustic bass, Chinese flutes), and Bruce Kaphan (recording engineer, shaker).

The inviting melodies and ingenious use of ethnic textures make World Without Walls one of Ancient Future's most accessible and broadly appealing releases ever.

Tabla master Zakir Hussain

Frets & Strings: An Evening of Acoustic Guitar

Freight and Salvage, June 5, 8 pm

Featuring Matthew Montfort, Teja Gerken, Steve Baughman, Pete Madsen, Patrick Landeza, and Jon Mendle

Sunday, June 5, 2011, 8 pm

Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse

2020 Addison St.

Berkeley, CA 94702

Info: 510-644-2020 or freightandsalvage.org

Tix: $20.50 advance/$22.50 door

Poster (376 k pdf). Facebook Event (Invite Your Friends!)

In what is certain to be a guitar concert highlight of the year, the Freight & Salvage presents six of the Bay Area's finest instrumentalists in a stunningly diverse range of styles. The evening includes fingerstyle guitarist Teja Gerken (who is also a senior editor at Acoustic Guitar magazine), world music pioneer and scalloped fretboard wiz Matthew Montfort (of Ancient Future), acclaimed Celtic player Steve Baughman, blues and slide expert Pete Madsen, Hawaiian slack-key specialist Patrick Landeza, and fresh from a tour with Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, rising classical guitar star Jon Mendle.

The Hear & Now with Derk Richardson on KPFA: Acoustic Guitarapalooza

Fingerstyle guitarist Teja Gerken previews his big guitar night with fellow pickers Matthew Montfort, Pete Madsen, and Jon Mendle (and maybe Patrick Landeza, who, like Steve Baughman, is also on the Freight show).

Live on the Air, June 2, 2011 - 10:00pm:

www.kpfa.org/live-musical-performance/acoustic-guitarapalooza

An audio archive will be available until Thursday, June 16th 2011.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Borders Download of the Week, Gigs & Classes, & Moonbath from A.F.A.R.

January 2010 Issue:

Welcome to the Ancient Future Times

Email newsletter of the World Fusion Music Ensemble Ancient Future

Twitter: Matthew Montfort (MatthewMontfort) • Ancient Future Band (Ancient_Future) • Ancient-Future.Com Records (WorldFusion)

Facebook: Matthew Montfort Fan Page • Ancient Future Fan Page

In This Issue:

Challenge from A.F.A.R. Fulfilled!

•Take a Moonbath from A.F.A.R.

San Francisco Soiree for Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar by Matthew Montfort

•Sunday Serenades at Peña Pachamama, January 17, 2010, 7:30 pm

Valentine's Sale Programs

•Ancient Future Download of the Week at Borders.Com, Baker & Taylor Valentine's Gift Guide, Ancient-Future.Com Sale

San Francisco World Music Classes

•Improve Your Rhythmic and Melodic Skills

Challenge from A.F.A.R. Fulfilled!

A.F.A.R. is Where YOU Join with Ancient Future in the Creation of a New Cross-Cultural Recording

The Archive of Future Ancient Recordings concept is to involve you, fans of world fusion music, in supporting the creation of a collection of new live and studio recordings that will be available to subscribers (YOU) as they are created. When the archive is complete, the best of the collection will be selected for release as the eighth Ancient Future release.

Take a Moonbath from A.F.A.R.

Last month the Ancient Future Times featured a challenge from A.F.A.R.: as soon as five more subscribers joined, we would post a new live version of Moonbath, the first song Ancient Future took into the studio way back in December 1978. Lo and behold, six more people have now joined A.F.A.R.! Thanks go out to Bruce Frauman, Doug Berenson, Jane Heaven, Mara Fiore, Louis Martin Rosenbaum, and Athena Katsaros.

The new live version of Moonbath is now in the archive and available exclusively to supporters. The version from the 30th anniversary concert at the Freight and Salvage is a very delicate and moving duet featuring scalloped fretboard guitar and hammered dulcimer.

New World Jazz Track Just 10 Supporters A.F.A.R. from Your iPod!

We've decided to double down with our next challenge. The first part of the A.F.A.R. process involves selecting musical directions for the final recording, as the first supporters get to provide feedback on recording themes. The initial songs in the archive will represent some of the possible directions. One of those directions could be world jazz. Mariah Parker debuted a new Indo Latin jazz piece, "Affinity Minus One," at her Yoshi's concert last August. We've got an amazing live recording of the piece. We'll mix and master that and add it to the archive as an example as soon as 10 more people become supporters.Your support can be what puts this song in the archive! Please sign up for A.F.A.R. now and join us on this creative cross-cultural journey in the new year!

There are four supporter packages available:

Recording Newsletter Package: $10. Subscribe Now. Supporters at this level receive the A.F.A.R. Email Newsletter which provides a window on the creative process, good quality 128 kbps digital downloads of legacy recordings chosen from the Ancient Future archives of live concerts, radio performances, and unreleased performances, good quality 128 kbps digital downloads of music to be recorded especially for the A.F.A.R. project, and a 30% discount on advance copies of the final commercial release.

Download Supporter Package: $25. Subscribe Now. Supporters at this level receive everything included in the Recording Newsletter Package plus high quality 320 kbps downloads of legacy recordings chosen from the Ancient Future archives of live concerts, radio performances, and unreleased performances, high quality 320 kbps digital downloads of music to be recorded especially for the A.F.A.R. project forming an exclusive preview audio recording with digital liner notes that will not otherwise be available in shops (selections from which will form a final public edition), and the chance to submit feedback to questions posed in the recording newsletter. Limited to 300 packages.

Limited Edition CD Sponsor Package: $50. Subscribe Now. Supporters at this level receive everything included in the Download Supporter Package plus an exclusive limited edition CD-R of the same recording with printed liner notes signed by Ancient Future leader Matthew Montfort. Limited to 200 packages.

Honorary A & R Representative Package: $75. Subscribe Now. Supporters at this level receive everything included in the Limited Edition CD Sponsor Package plus a DVD-R including video and 24 bit audio files for hi-rez playback on computers. Limited to 100 packages.

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San Francisco Soiree for Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar by Matthew Montfort

Concert Poster (340 k pdf)

Sunday Serenades at Peña Pachamama

January 17, 2010, 7:30 pm

Peña Pachamama

1630 Powell near Union

San Francisco CA 94133

Tix: $12. Info: 415-646-0018

www.penapachamama.com

Full Press Release

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Live version of 'Soul Serenade' from Matthew Montfort's debut recording, Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar.

This soiree for Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar celebrates the debut solo recording by Ancient Future leader Matthew Montfort. Montfort will perform on both the scalloped fretboard guitar, a special modified instrument able to produce ornaments more characteristic of the sitar, and on a Godin Glissentar, an 11 string fretless guitar based on the oud. While previously known more for his compositions for the trendsetting world music group Ancient Future, Seven Serenades features his intimate improvisational guitar work. He will be joined by guest artists Salaheddin Takesh (Arabic percussion), Mariah Parker (santur), and Rasa Vitalia (belly dance).

Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar by Matthew Montfort. (>audio). Buy 1 Now.

“This album reveals a thorough knowledge of Hindustani microtonal ornaments, transferred in ways that create one of the most distinctive guitar sounds in contemporary music. However, it also reveals a lifetime of exploration in world music, which can be immediately summoned in a flash of inspiration. When this level of mastery is reached, there is no need to rewrite. The first improvisation has the depth of a reworked composition.” – Teed Rockwell, INDIA CURRENTS, March 2009

A.F.A.R. Ticket Contest

To win a pair of tickets for admission to Matthew Montfort's 1/17/2010 show at Peña Pachamama in San Francisco, simply send an email to info@ancient-future.com with your idea for the best way to gather more support for A.F.A.R. Best idea received by 1/15/2010 wins.

Valentine's Sales

Ancient Future titles have been selected for some exciting retail sales programs.

"Ocean of Love" from Planet Passion by Ancient Future will be the Weekly Music Download at Borders.Com from 1/18/2010-1/24/2010! Save this email and make a note to visit Borders.Com during that period to get your download at no charge.

Planet Passion and Matthew Montfort's Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar were selected for Baker & Taylor's Valentine's Gift Guide and will be on sale at select bookstores nationwide from 1/25/10 through 2/21/10. Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar was also selected for the Baker & Taylor Health & Wellness Guide (sale priced through 1/31/10).

In celebration, we are offering a Valentine's CD sale Ancient-Future.Com. All of the proceeds go directly to supporting the music. The sale features regular shipping at no extra charge in the USA on everything in the catalog and very special deals on our new releases!

Valentine's Sale! New Releases $14 Each Through February 14!

Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar by Matthew Montfort. Ancient-Future.Com AF 2008. 6-panel Digipak CD: $17.98. Valentine's Sale $14! Buy 1 Now. (>audio).

Sangria by Mariah Parker. Ancient-Future.Com Records AF-2017. 6-panel Digipak CD: $17.98. Valentine's Sale $14! Buy 1 Now. (>audio).

Planet Passion by Ancient Future. Ancient-Future.Com AF-2010. Digipak CD & Booklet: $17.98. Valentine's Sale $14! Buy 1 Now. (>audio.)

Start the New Year with a World Music Class with Matthew Montfort

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World Music Workshop Participants Larry Stack and Mara Fiore Talk About Their Experiences at Esalen New Year's Weekend

Improve Your Rhythmic and Melodic Skills

January 19, 2010, Get Rhythm, ten Tuesdays from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Blue Bear School of Music, Fort Mason Center, Building D, San Francisco, CA 94123. Info: 415.673.3600.
January 19, 2010, Music Theory for Guitar, ten Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Blue Bear School of Music, Fort Mason Center, Building D, San Francisco, CA 94123. Info: 415.673.3600.
January 20, 2010, Survey of World Rhythms Class, six Wednesdays from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm starting 1/20/2010, Zambaleta World Music and Dance School, 2929 19th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110. Cost: $113. Info: 415.341.1333. Facebook Event.
January 20, 2010, Melodic Improvisation Through the Music of North India, six Wednesdays from 8:30 pm to 9:45 pm starting 1/20/2010, Zambaleta World Music and Dance School, 2929 19th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110. Cost: $113. Info: 415.341.1333. Facebook Event.

Matthew Montfort (MatthewMontfort.Com)

Matthew Montfort holds a B.A. in World Music and Composition and an M.A. in Arts and Media Technology from Antioch University. He is the leader of the world fusion music ensemble Ancient Future. A pioneer of the scalloped fretboard guitar (an instrument combining qualities of the South Indian vina and the steel string guitar), Montfort spent three months in intensive study with vina master K.S. Subramanian in order to fully apply the South Indian gamaka (note-bending) techniques to the guitar. He has performed concerts world wide, including at the Festival Internacional de la Guitarra on the golden coast of Spain near Barcelona. Matthew Montfort is the author of Ancient Traditions -- Future Possibilities: Rhythmic Training Through the Traditions of Africa, Bali and India. Material from the book has been used by many teachers and musicians around the world, including Reinhard Flatischler, founder of the TaKeTiNa rhythm training process, and Steve Smith, famed jazz and rock drummer. He teaches private lessons at the Blue Bear School of Music in San Rafael and at his studio in San Rafael. He has a few openings for new students starting in January 2010.