Re: Horns shredd pollock roadmap

[Teddy <teddybutter@mac.com>]

ya... my old jazz gtr trick is to only play while breathing out...  
that way you can't play too much

holding your breath only makes you turn blue and fall asleep, maybe  
that's why Clapton sounds so lackluster when he plays (just kidding  
Clapton fans, he's good, of course)

Teddy

On May 22, 2007, at 9:40 PM, samba - wrote:

>
>  I think the reason horns play more vocal like lines isn't to do  
> with roadmaps.it's because you have to  breathe.So you learn how to  
> pause in places where it makes musical sense,and phrase in relation  
> to when you have plenty of air ,and when you have not much. What  
> better way to add a sense of urgency than needing to take a breath?  
> Clapton and Robbie Robertson have said they hold their breath to  
> play certain things. Roy Buchanan used to say to himself  ' help me  
> help me help me" ,while he sustained a bend.
> A useful BB trick both for expression and showmanship is to make a  
> face like something really hurts  while executing a bend. But  
> singers and horn players can't fingerpick.