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Music
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Nov 07, 2020

I've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my studies with improvisation as I'm working with people.

Music
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Nov 07, 2020

I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.

Myself
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Nov 07, 2020

I felt that I had been influenced by being in the city enough and I wanted to go off by myself to see what was going on. I remember going out there and looking in the mirror and thinking I wasn't anything.

Good
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Nov 07, 2020

You have to know composition to be a good improviser.

Go
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Nov 07, 2020

I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.

Nov 07, 2020

If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.

Composing
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what I am doing.

More
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Nov 07, 2020

I just consider myself a student, trying to learn more about it.

Nov 07, 2020

I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations.

Practice
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Nov 07, 2020

What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music.

High
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Nov 07, 2020

To be a good improviser, you have to study composition as a parallel. Because what improvisation is, on a high level, is spontaneous composition.

Music
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Nov 07, 2020

You can work on music a few lifetimes.

Home
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm the kind of guy that if I go to a concert and hear something that knocks me out, I don't want to be left out of that. I'm going to try to get into that, and I'm running back home to practice.

People
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Nov 07, 2020

This is what really makes real jazz musicians: people coming out with their own voice.

Music
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Nov 07, 2020

Music has a way of getting under your skin.

Life Is Short
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Nov 07, 2020

Life is short, and, once somebody is gone, they're gone.

Nov 07, 2020

I'm trying to learn to really use space. My philosophy is that every time you interrupt space in a very confident, secure manner, then music happens.

Doing
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Nov 07, 2020

Creating sounds together with other musicians is something I've always liked doing.

Play
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Nov 07, 2020

If you're playing with a number of people, there are all sorts of textures, all kinds of possibilities you can get into. So why just play a theme together and then take solos?

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