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Mark, I just wanted to pipe in and remind you that you're not alone it this. A lot of us (I for one, as you very well know) fly by the seat of my pants pretty much all the time. But often I am so tired by the time I stagger up on stage (from all the gear schleppage and all the miles driven) that I am simply running on empty by the time I play the first note. Unfortunately, the only material I have under my fingers to "fall back on" is more suitable for a folk hootenanny or church picnic than a looping or avant-garde music festival. I think, sink or swim, it is better to trust in the benevolence of one's muse(s) to guide when one comes to the end of one's musical rope. Letting go of the rope is what faith is all about (a concept that I think can be understood by both religious and non-religious types). Cheers, Ted On Aug 29, 2009, at 1:02 PM, Mark Hamburg wrote: > 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) >> >> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Warren >> http://www.warrensirota.com >> >> >