Robert Fripp and The Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists (Possible Records 740020). (www.theorchestraofcraftyguitarists.com ). (2011)

1. Part 1

(The OCG III) 

2. Part 2

(The OCG III) 

3. 21st Century Schizoid Man

(Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield)     permorfed by "The Schizoid Monks" 

Performance Direction: Robert Fripp 

Performance Production: Hernán Nuñez                           

Project Coordination: Mariana Scaravilli, Alessandro Bruno, Roberto Deiana, Roberto Duse       

Audio Recording: Massimo D'Avanzo, Alessandro Papa   

DVD Art Workk: Roberto Duse       

Video Editing, Audio Mix & Post-Production Mastering: Martin Schwutke  

Robert Fripp and The Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists III           Were represented by 

Mary Beth Abel                  Julio Acosta                   Michele Agazzi             Wolfgang Apfel             Gabriel Alvarez Vidal          Luis Araya                      Sandra Bain Cushman Alexander Baxter          Jacopo Bertacco                Ravi Bertacco Giarmoleo     Ian Bessler                     Philippe Bethenod            Jaxie Binder                     James Breslin               Alessandro Bruno          Folkert Buis                        Mark Butler                          Tim Butler                         Tobin buttram               Romain Castagnet         Alberto Cena                     Anna Cefalo                      Mark Christensen           Gabriel Cichero             Adriano Clera                    Paola Conte                      Pierre Dauchy               Massimo D'Avanzo       

Agustín Dávalos           Bennet Davis                      Don Deane                   Roberto Deiana             Roberto Duse                    Udo Dzierzanowski       Gonzalo Esteybar         Robert Fripp                   Valentina Fusari             Thomas Gasser                Tony Geballe                      Carl Germain                      Sara Giarmoleo                Chris Gibson                     Lilian Giubetich             Marcin Golab                     Curt Golden                   Ignacio Gracián                  Mike Grenfell                 Filippo Guerini                  María Luisa Giuliani         Lance Halvorsen              John Hicks                     Eduardo Huerta             Gregory Jackson           Susanne Kaben             Fernando Kabusacki        Fran Kerssens               Eduardo Kuri                 Claudio Lafalce             Carolina Leguizamon   Renate Leisten             Leonor Levcovich          Adam Lieb                      Joann Malone               Maximiliano Mansilla       Paolo Marcon               Fernando Mariña           Rodolphe Martin           Leonardo Martínez       Roberto Mata                 Shinkuro Matsuura       

Andrew McNutt                Víctor McSurely                  Greg Meredith                   Travis Metcalf                 Alejandro Miniaci                Theo Morresi                    Hernán Nuñez                Marcelo O'Reilly                    Jael Ortiz                       Alessandro Papa                John Peacock               Raymond Peck             Elisabeth Perrin                   Alain Piñero                        Lucas Pietrafesa Giubetich Luciano Pietrafesa                   Javier Prieto                   Horacio Pozzo                       Pia Quaet - Faslem          Phillipp Quaet- Faslem          Dev Ray                             Gayane Razumovskaya      Ivan Razumovskiy       Leonardo Requejo                 Bill Rieflin                             Tywi Roberts                 Mariana Scaravilli              Frank Sheldon                    Martin Schwutke              Taylor Sherman                  Chris Smith                        Patrick Smith                      Attilio Songia                       Catty Stevens                    Leslie Stevens                    Robert Taylor - Manning Michael Tedesco              Deniss Tirch                     Sylvain Truchet                  Ryan Vanderhoof                 Erin Wigger                   Barbara Zimmermann       

The Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists

I

What is The Orchestra Of Crafty Guitarists?

One possible answer: a lot of people making a lot of noise whit guitars.  Sometimes they even perform in public; as in Sant Cugat, Seattle, Sassoferrato and Funes.

Another possible answer: a specialist study in the self-organising properties of complex wholes. How does Intelligence act in and through many individuals, coming together as one? What if a high level of Conscious or Creative intelligence needed to enter this world, that kind of body or vehicle would it need?

The global challenges we face, to be addressed by current and following generations, are beyond the capacity  of individuals to meet. Solutions are more likely to be found in groups and networks than in the efforts of individuals acting alone.

The quality of solution required, to problems now of global proportion, is creative; that is, at the level of genius. The solitary, indivudual genius is, by definition, solitary and individual. The question, then, is how many we cultivate and develop group genius?

II

A group comes together in service of an aim. At a particular level, each member of the group is that group, and the group may act in and through that person. This is the level where societies act in the common interest; where global solutions are found or , more accurately, present themselves to be discovered.

How may 100 people act as if they were one person?

This does not happen by accident, neither by chance:                                                                                   it is an international undertaking.

Group, social, national, international and global action in service of the planet is not likely to happen quickly. But this is no reason we should not begin. How? We begin whit the possible and move gradually towards the impossible. The impossible is already available, because it has to be. A practical difficulty is, we have not yet addressed the possible.  

So, where to begin? We begin where we are. But we begin today.

III

Where are we in The Orchestra Of Crafty Guitarists?

This initiative is based in 25 years' experience of Guitar Craft courses, held on four continents for perhaps 3,000 students mostly above the age of eighteen. Guitar Craft seminars have provided opportunities to develop personal discipline and facility on the guitar while fostering musicality, mainly within a context of playing with others.

We have 25 years of experience in developing elements of a common practice, expressed primarily in musical form and mostly on the guitar. Music is essentially a social act, and Guitar Craft training take place within the Guitar Circle. This provides opportunities for developing social skills, problem solving, reliability & responsibility, and cultivating personal initiative in front of challenges at whatever level the student is able to honorably respond; all within a supportive and encouraging environment. Fun, play, spontaneity and improvisation are as necessary in the development of any discipline as its considered practices and exercises.   

IV

Music reaches beyond words & between cultures. Music enables us to communicate and express ourselves when words fail. Music moves us by speaking to us directly & immediately, in ways that elude easy explanation but are no less real for that. Music is as available to us as we are available to music. 

Where there is music, there is hope.

This is the time.

Sunday 23rd, January, 2011;                                                                                              Monasterio Nuestra Señora De Los Angeles,                                                                     Monjas Dominicas, Sant Cugat, Spain.