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

[Mark Hamburg <mark@grubmah.com>]

Playing without a net is what I end up doing. Sometimes it goes well.  
Sometimes I'm running on empty and I wish I had some material to fall  
back on.

Mark

On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:17 AM, Warren Sirota wrote:

> Sorry if this sounds flip, but I'd just say, play without a net. (i
> say this without having followed any of the previous thread that
> spawned this)
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> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Mark Hamburg<mark@grubmah.com>  
> wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>
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> Warren
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