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Sharing musical interests with a colleague who enjoys music across a broad spectrum is always fun. Ken Car is a guitarist with a wit and dry delivery that often has me laughing while at the same time rubbing my face uttering "Whoa, man," He and I enjoy traditional Western Classical music, as well as other "Classical" traditions. We also both enjoy the challenging process of improvisation.                     Ken Card  Guitar Faculty at Garrett's Band Instruments        Delores Fisher Piano Faculty at Garrett's Band Instruments It's all part of the musical fun that punctuates our sonic terrain as two of several Garrett Music studio teachers. Ken Car teaches guitar, me, piano--at Garrett's Band Instruments:     http://www.garrettmusic.com/ Here's a quick YOUTUBE post of our latest high jinks while on break. It is the very first time that we sat down to play as a duo. We call this improvised collaboration based on a few Blues cliches-

  Delores Fisher Center For World Music Resident Artist/Teacher and Africana Studies Lecturer San Diego State University  Lamont West and I have been friends for many years. I first met him at East Village Community Church in the mid 2000s when he was the Director of Music. http://www.evchurch.org/ At present, he is a staff musician at various churches as well as a performer/composer/producer. Back then, his hair was a short version of the hightop fad. Today, his hair flows below his shoulders in a cascade of dreds. (If I can get a recent pic or a snap with us both, I'll re-post.) Back East, he performed in a group whose funky-edged stylings were distinctive. He retains much of that edge today. Like many twenty first century musicians(and many of our elders) he works a regular job while continuing to create. He composes and arranges for lyricists, vocalists, and spoken word artists. He continues to do instrumentals at local and statewide social functions. Lamon