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On 2004-06-13, at 11.45, Andreas Willers wrote: > Hi, > > yes, focussing on performance as opposed to chops is probably very > important. Quote from Howard Roberts: "Don't go and learn your > arpeggios, go > and learn YOUR ARPEGGIO." > > I just saw Elliot Sharp perform solo acoustic guitar and, while being > extremely limited as far as his playing technique goes, he still > maintained > an "attention curve" and a focus in his performance rather well - a > music > lesson. > > Regards, Andreas Can't say how much I agree with Andreas post. Telling your story is essential! And as with all kinds of storytelling the time line is very important. You have to initially decide on a certain tempo (not the "BPM" tempo but rather how often you introduce new themes into your storyt) and then stick carefully to that tempo. If speeding or slowing down the story it has to lead to some sort of conclusion. Not saying that you have to know about the end station when beginning to slow down the train - you can always make something up when you get there. My trick to avoid ruts is to start at a different station and go to different place than usual. You can also chose to take the train through a different landscape. It's very easy and anything actually goes as long as you treat music as "a story" or "a journey". If you, or a partner, should to play "the wrong" notes, it doesn't matter that much if the movement is clear. A lot of great music is imperfect when analyzed in detail... but - who cares about that? All the best Per Boysen --- http://www.boysen.se http://www.looproom.com