I particularly liked/contemplated/related to #1 on this list list of musical instrux:
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/03/captain-beefhearts-10-commandments-of-guitar-playing.html
fwiw, I haven't been playing as much the past few days, mainly because I've had to concentrate on listening to & producing (etc.) an abundance of audio files for a major project-- which is going to continue for at least a few weeks. Not entirely away from playing, of course, but somewhat diverted by _dealing_ w/recorded (improv + other) sounds instead of making new ones. one upshot is that i'm hearing a lot of interesting stuff & definitely learn from reflecting on it all. today i found an improv jam Andrew Klobucar & I did that I'll post on my soundcloud for the heck of it...
-cf
The problem with not practicing is that you lose muscle memory and forget what you're building on - if you practice just fifteen minutes a day you'll forestall that. Not just listen to the birds but play with them but be gentle and answer them, don't take the lead. Flute is excellent for that!
ReplyDeleteI think of the files second and the music first and it works better for me that way -