Ernesto Diaz-Infante (bajo sexto) and Jeff Arnal (percussion) at Roosevelt Live!: Generate Records Concert, August 2009. Thanks to Michelle Cheikin for the videography.

Bang on a Can Marathon at Yerba Buena Center for The Arts, San Francisco. February 9th 2008. Ernesto Diaz-Infante: 12-string bajo sexto Marjorie Sturm: video poem 'Sun Heals Life' The Neshama Alma Band is a collaboration of San Francisco composer/musician Ernesto Diaz-Infante and filmmaker/video-artist Marjorie Sturm. Their latest work, "The Sun Heals Life," is an experientially-based performance that provokes private reflection in a public space around retribution and war. On a bajo sexto guitar, Diaz-Infante performs subtle, trance, mantra strumming inspired by Native American and other rhythms. The minimalist video accompaniment is intended to aid the audience in a focused state that is conducive to self-insight in which we collectively breed a new visualization to the current dilemma

April 1, 2007, House concert at Chema Chacon's, Madrid, Spain. Ernesto Diaz-Infante: solo bajo sexto guitarra. más información: chemachacon@wanadoo.es www.oromolido.com

April 4, 2007, The Neshama Alma Band on La Rebelión de los Antioxidantes radio show (miércoles de 21 a 24 horas | 100.5 FM | Barcelona, Spain). www.rebelionantioxidantes.com Ernesto Diaz-Infante: bajo sexto guitar Marjorie Sturm: flute

March 31, 2007, The Neshama Alma Band "The Sun Heals Life" at Conciertos Chicanos at La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain The Neshama Alma Band es una colaboración del compositor Ernesto Díaz- Infante y la videoartista Marjorie Sturm. Su último proyecto The Sun Heals Life es una performance espiritual que reflexiona sobre los conceptos de retribución, perdón y guerra. En la guitarra bajosexto, Díaz-Infante interpreta un trance-mantra improvisado, basado en los ritmos de los nativos americanos, mientras se visualizan imágenes minimalistas e hipnóticas. Más información: Conciertos chicanos Del 30 de marzo al 1 de abril, Charanga Cakewalk, The Neshama Alma Band, Michael Ramos Quartet, tres representantes de la mejor música chicana La Casa Encendida ofrece una serie de actividades orientadas a dar una visión lo más completa posible sobre la cultura chicana, liderada por la exposición Pintores de Atzlán, veremos también videocreaciones, conciertos, cine y diversos talleres que nos acercarán aún más a su cultura. www.lacasaencendida.com The Neshama Alma Band is a San Francisco-based collaboration of composer Ernesto Diaz-Infante and video-artist Marjorie Sturm. Their latest work, "The Sun Heals Life," is an experiential performance that provokes private reflection in a public space around retribution, forgiveness, and war. On a bajo sexto guitar, Diaz-Infante performs trance, mantra-strumming inspired by Native American and other rhythms. The minimalist video accompaniment focuses the mind to the hypnotic soundscape, breeding a personal and collective visualization to the current dilemmas. This performance is best absorbed by a ruminative participant who will engage with the Band of spirits who are being conjured for guidance.

BSXMF2004 Sound/Shift Big Sur Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur, CA, May 30, 2004 Sound/Shift Big Sur gathered over 99 improvising musicians from the Bay Area and beyond to collaborate in a two day event, two 7-hour days of uninterrupted improvised music. Ernesto Diaz-Infante - acoustic guitar, Bob Marsh - accordion, 99 Hooker - electronics/saxophone video clip ©2004 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm

Transbay Skronkathon04 The Jazz House, Berkeley, CA, August 8, 2004 Fourth annual summer barbecue featuring SF Bay Area's "adventurous, improvised, non-standard music" practitioners. Ernesto Diaz-Infante - solo acoustic steelstring guitar video clip ©2004 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm

Improvised and Otherwise: A Festival of Sound and Form Williamsburg Art neXus (WAX) Brooklyn, NY, May 2, 2003 Transcontinental 01: an eclectic ensemble of East and West coast improvisers and composers, led by San Francisco experimental guitarist/composer Ernesto Diaz-Infante. Kyle Bruckmann - oboe, Helena Espvall-Santoleri - cello, Chris Heenan - bass clarinet, Adam Lane - double bass, Mike Pride - percussion, Jesse Quattro - voice, Rent Romus - saxophones video clip ©2003 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm

San Francisco Alt Music Festival 03 Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA, May 16 2003 Ernesto Diaz-Infante - solo acoustic steelstring guitar, Chris Forsyth - electric guitar video clip ©2003 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm

Zoey's Cafe, Ventura, CA, December 4, 2003 Ernesto Diaz-Infante - acoustic guitar, Jeff Kaiser - trumpet/electronics, Jim Connolly - double bass video clip ©2003 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm

OffSpring The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York, NY June 26, 2004 James Sturm's Carousel: Cartoon slide show screening at MOCCA (Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art) Art Festival, New York City. OffSpring, 8 min. cartoon slide show about an alien and a dog's procreative releationship. Music by Ernesto Diaz-Infante (acoustic steelstring guitar, thumb piano, small cymbals). Production by Marjorie Sturm video clip ©2004 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm

Spring Reverb 2004 Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA, May 6-7th 2004 at La Antigua Bodega de Papel in Tijuana, Mexico Ernesto Diaz-Infante - solo acoustic steelstring guitar, Carla Kihlsted - violin, Rent Romus - saxophone, Marcos Fernandes - percussion, Shazade Ismaily, drums. video clip ©2004 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm

ernesto diaz-infante (bajo sexto) FROM THE DARKNESS, SOLACE. winter solstice at the chimes thursday, december 21, 2006 solo performers address grief curated by alexander kort video clip ©2006 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm

October 20th 2006 The Neshama Alma Band @ Palais Ideal: A Festival of Adventurous, Strange and Visionary Music Chico, California Ernesto Diaz-Infante - mantra strumming 12-string Bajo sexto Marjorie Sturm - 'Sun Heals Life II' video video clip ©2006 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm

Jason Robinson - saxophone Michael Dessen - trombone/electronic Elizabeth Torres - saxophone Darren Johnston - trumpet Ernesto Diaz-Infante - 12-String Bajo Sexto Damon Smith - double bass Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco CA October 12, 2006 video clip ©2006 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm

Tetuzi Akiyama - 6-string acoustic guitar Ernesto Diaz-Infante - 6-string acoustic guitar New Langton Arts, San Francisco CA June 29, 2006 video clip ©2006 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm

Ernesto Diaz-Infante - solo 6-string acoustic guitar New Langton Arts, San Francisco CA June 29th, 2006 video clip ©2006 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm

Jeff Arnal - percussion Ernesto Diaz-Infante - 12-String Bajo sexto Lucky Cat, Brooklyn NY August 2, 2006 video clip ©2006 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm

Ernesto Diaz-Infante - 12-string Bajo Sexto Chris Forsyth - acoustic guitar Eat Records, Brookyn NY July 29th, 2006 video clip ©2006 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm

The Neshama Alma Band (transcendental music and video) Ernesto Diaz-Infante - mantra strumming acoustic guitar; Marjorie Sturm - video/flute video clip ©2006 by purplemaze productions/Marjorie Sturm