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Re: do you imagine pictures while playing?




> Strange, I never managed to imagine picture and sound simultaneously.

I sometimes do if I am in a trance-like state - it is very much like 
what you get if you are in a deep meditative state (helped with yoga) or 
take the easy option and cheat and use natural herbal substances. They 
are visions, just like day dreaming. The Place des Vosges improvisations 
were all recorded whilst in this state (natural, and herbal)... I can 
picture people, places, scents, touch....

Alas, it does not happen as much as it used to...

Lately, I have been feeling a kind of musical schizophrenia whereby it 
feels as though there are a number of performers inside me. The 
spiritual side of me believes that at times, my body is acting as a 
medium for dead musicians whereas my analitical mind just assumes that I 
am a natural headchase and am just playing things that I have 
subconciously heard or worked out beforehand. I play in styles I have 
never studied or have played before... to this day, I dont know where 
they are coming from.

Its a bizarre sensation... feeling away from your physical body and 
conducting your own small string orchestra....

Its great, as they work for free, dont have drinking problems and rarely 
argue with each other. :)

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Stuart Wyatt - Solo String Project
http://www.solostring.com
stuart@solostring.com