The Experimentalist Podcast - MEDIA: Recent Episodes
Ogle B Straight
Experimentalist Ogle B Straight's improvisatory look on life with music being played. New episodes released weekly.
But, wait...what? What about episode 100? That's the real end, right? Can a summary be all questions?
OBS looks at the similarities and differences between the Iranian film "The Salesman" and Session 097 of the Experimentalist. One word: Riveting, bitch!
The Lobster was a weird movie. A great movie. The 6th best of 2016. This is similar in that regard only. Enjoy!
Check the grooves, check the solos, check the top of the dome monologues, AND stick around for the bonus jam at the end
OBS goes as deep as it apparently gets. There's dark, ambient discussion as well as jams of a similar nature
Ogle B learns that being different is not all that bad and he jams out some standard blues
There's a jam, some talking, well...quite a lot of talking...........then....the possible top ten is revealed. Or at least #1 or #2. Or maybe it's just 9 and 10. Something is up with #Paterson and #The Witch
In an experiment inside the Experimentalist, OBS does a second rendering of spokenness over the same 087 musnack
Ogle B attempts to versions of the podcast using the same backing music. This is Version A of Session 087
Ogle B Straight examines his heritage. It goes back to B-More, MD. It goes back to The Whores. It comes all the way back...to now.
After a rough one (084) filled with too many apologies, Ogle B gets down to business on a new session
An alternate way to describe this episode is that Ogle's voice got destroyed, but hope remains
Ogle B Straight has a run in with several creatures of the night which becomes a small Xmas miracle
Into the philosophical realms of the Yabbadom Ding Dom Stee, a practice that Ogle B Straight has seriously considered for several years. There is a 38 minute song about this concept and OBS breaks it down from beginning to end.
It's Thanksgiving and we all should be thankful for individualism. We are all different so don't hate.
OBS feeling inspired by the people in his life. They are awesome, he thinks and plays this jam.
Under a steady beat, the Experimentalist rolls along, deals with glitches and . . .smacks up biaytches?
Ogle B Straight tries to help out the original, B Mitchell, get down on Session 071. They sing about doin' things that are cool, and everybody's cool.
Brandon Mitchell finds out that someone else has been distributing the podcast and he's...pissed?
Ogle B Straight feels disconnected from it's host body. Things make sense, but how do they?
Ogle B Straight is an idea created by a human being. This is now known and the idea itself is trying to identify what it wants and could possibly be
Ogle B discovers some deeper truths about what he is and how much time he's got left. He connects hard with his keys
A Bowie-centric episode with many teases of classic tunes. Ogle B has a HandShake IPA and leaves a message for his future self
Starting with the notion of an improv white-boy rap, things go off the rails quicker than usual. Merry Xmas Everyone!
Karsh and Ogle B meet on an astral plane after a surprise encounter that happens a month later in the future. Woah!
Ogle B works through some spaced out material, he faces three minutes of silence, and he says "Sorry"
The band "Life on Mars" joins Ogle B Straight to perform the 5th installment of the 'Scurry McSkurrington' Series.
Ogle B Straight takes a break from gig rehearsal to slap together some sweet jams and other wackness
OBS prepares the fifth installment of the Halloween series "Scurry McSkurrington". This is the in-studio trial run narrated by OBS. Music performed by OBS and the Jeazje.
Ogle B Straight improvised on keyboards and tells stories about the 'Hopes and Dreams' of a few individuals
Genocide: Inspired by a blood heist on the grandest scale, a group of mosquitos are influenced to risk it all for one more big score. A man experiences a massive explosion and contemplates those who may have died during that event.
Improv music, variations on 'Exactly the Way', and the Experimentalist 2 is out! Get a copy now at www.oglebstraight.com
Ogle B drops one last hour long episode with lots of improvised music and a few additional words
Straight practicing some songs and adding brief loop interludes for good or bad measure
Ogle B deals with issues of pet cat, best friend, life/death. Meanwhile he listens with you to the improvised music of the day.
Ogle B Straight plays jams and contemplates the wonderful and alluring aspects of alcohol.
LIVE EPISODE!! Ogle B plays a straight live set of improvisations and a few cover songs too.
Ogle B Straight deals with new results from a brain scan. He plays new music and improvises his way through some of the insights that life provides
Ogle B Straight dreams about claustrophobia, music, old friends, creativity and then sings about those things.
Ogle B brings out some ambien and lays down the low, smooth stuff. He visisted a Gelati Celeste for some enlightement
Ogle B is joined by Richmond musicians (Samson Trinh, Suzi Fischer, and Allyson Mills Steele) to discuss the current state of American Idol and the potential advancement of local singer Rayvon Owen.
Improvisations recorded with a solo microphone. Wild stories are added a little bit later upon relistening.
Ogle B Straight talks troubles, the hopeful youth, and the importance of supporting up and coming rappers/artists
This episode focuses more on the live music than the extra added commentary and storytelling.
Ogle B gets analytical and arrives at conclusions that involve critical timing and the constant struggle of self improvement.
Ogle B is joined by friend and fellow experimental musician, The Jeoge, to create new music. A new storyline is introduced about a man and a flask.
OBS incorporates a new piece of gear in the mix. Moog technology. The sounds within are the first to be created by Ogle B and this Moogerfoogin' shite
The Experimentalist Ogle B Straight performs improvised jams on keyboards and guitar. He continues his quest to gain greater understanding of music and develop a deeper connection to it all
Ogle B improvises on instruments and a Boss looper then listens back and records the podcast. It's funky weird tunes.
OBS performs a continous string of improvised music and then adds vocals to the mix. Sometimes real, sometimes funny, sometimes just plain bizarre. Enjoy yourself!
Ogle B mixes a Hardywood RVA IPA with a keyboard, a guitar, an ML, and a couple of microphones
OBS plays keys and guitar and loops those and then says "What up with all this? Let's check it out"
OBS gets inspired by recent events in his family. So what can he do? Freestyle rap? Yes.
In a sense, this episode is the finale of what could be considered the first 'season' of The Experimentalist Podcast. OBS has to "rejoin the workforce" to "pay some bills". He takes one last romp around the podcast universe, having a good time playing around and thinking about life
A Father's Day tribute, a special re-cheers to Ridge Lytton Spings 2011, weird groove music and a dream reading
Ogle B Straight examines the world by way of his brain and his mouth. Complete explainations of life's purpose are intersperced.
Ogle B Straight examines the world by way of his brain and his mouth. Further explainations of the job market and the afterlife don't follow.
Ogle B Straight plays music in his mind and shares thoughts about life, dreams, and lost loves.
Start with some spaced out Sci-Fi ambient melodies, move on to 'The Crackajacks' the little known rap six-some from the grand old University of MD British Columbia
Hey! This is coming straight from Ogle B Straight. I'm excited to say that I am finishing up production on my upcoming album "The Experimentalist 2". It has been a long process of editing and mixing and learning since the original music was recorded. There's still going to be about one and a half weeks until the final master versions of each track are complete, and I'm working on some album art as well. In the meantime, I thought I'd release some preview versions of the sessions on my new Soundcloud page. These are not the absolute final mixes but they are pretty damn close. I hope you will enjoy them. Stay tuned for 'EX2' late Summer!
OBS
After a short break, Ogle B Straight returns with an elusive explanation of his recent disappearance. He plays some new ambient music along with a cover of an old instrumental gem and in between discusses the forces of nature(?) that may be trying to guide him in another direction.
Everything is an experiment to me. There is no clearly defined end goal. Everything is a process to see if I can change life and then analyze the changes. Better? Worse? Good or bad? But more importantly what and why? In one sense, I am not a writer. I am not a musician. I am not an artist. However, these titles do not have clear definitions. Have you ever had a conversation including opinions on some form of art or entertainment like a song, a painting, or a movie that comes to a halt when someone says, "Yeah, but what is art?". We all write and draw and make music. We have different levels of understanding. At this point, I just want to perform some of those tasks and see. I want to experience the emotions that come along with creating something and putting it out in the worlds of the internet and the organic world we live in. Much of it if analyzed by an expert or a scholar might be judged as elementary, questionable, or even terrible. If so, what changes in my life would that bring? If something were to be considered to be genuine, original, or favorable, how would that affect my progress?
Being that this is what could be considered the beginning of this experiment, I am unsure about all lot of things. I barely can see (in the abstract sense) any structure in what I plan to do. I assume that most of my work will be originating out from my subconscious mind. I will do my best not to block it. This will be a test in personal censorship and fear of public criticism. At the same time, I will attempt to steer the products in a way that could be entertaining to myself, and hopefully by extension, others who come across this.
This blog will be updated very sparingly. My method here will be to write one continuous document. Once I have accumulated 10 pages, I will upload those pages to this blog site. It will not be one story straight through. It most likely will not even be narrative in structure. All I can claim is that it will be something that I have created and others have not. I know that life is very much about what we can produce. I want to spend much more time working on things that connect and are personal to me. This is the experiment and the results will follow.