Composition & Improvisation (was Re: Terje Rypdal was ECM guitarists)

[Mark Hamburg <mark@grubmah.com>]

When I was last in conscious recording mode -- as opposed to, the  
recorder happens to be running while I'm playing -- the approach I  
found myself taking was to improvise until I found something I liked,  
then hone in on various elements of it playing the "piece" repeatedly  
until I had the flow down, then record it possibly doing a couple  
takes while doing so. Having then committed the piece to some form of  
recording medium, I would then proceed to let it flow back out of my  
brain which was fine until I found myself in a live performance  
situation with no material to fall back on.

Mark