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Re: Practice, rehearse, perform
Douglas, <smile> thanks for your wonderful compliments and comments.
Flattery and intelligence will get you everywhere! lol! I too really
like where this thread has traveled. Defining or understanding the
concepts of practicing rehearsing and playing in a concrete way can lead to
all sorts of revelations and ideas. It's wonderful to see them all flow
together in the moment. We're capable of some pretty amazing creativity!
<smile> I love it!... anyway, thanks again, yer' a sweetie!... Catch
ya on the flip side...
Smiles,
Cara
At 09:40 PM 11/14/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Goddess wrote:
>
>> <smile> What about "up here?" lol! no ego here... lollollol!
>
>Yeah, well, being a Goddess and all, you should know! lollollol!
>When I added the hypothetical comments about "practicing" when one should
>be
>performing, I was pointing towards a different attitude than the positive
>chaos that you obviously embrace (and isn't the positive chaos lucky for
>that!). I'm sure you (and most poster/readers) knew what I was alluding
>to,
>but I like your comments all the more because they shed a new light on the
>process. Point by point:
>
>> I've actually done exactly this on several occasions. -played
>> instruments I'd never played before in a live performance setting.
>
>And I'll bet, from what I've heard of your music, that there was
>*something*
>that made your choice appropriate. Sympathetic and supportive fellow
>musicians, perhaps, and/or an audience willing to take a risk along with
>you.
>
>> additionally, I've been asked literally, two minutes before a show to
>play
>> material I'd not rehearsed, and was not familiar with, with people I'd
>> never met, upon simply one of them hearing what I've done
>> improvisationally.
>
>And again, knowing you, you brought a wealth of practice and rehearsal to
>that moment.
>
>Also, regarding the idea of rewiring one's gear or some
>> such idea on stage, -don't we do something very similar to this in the
>face
>> of limitation or unexpected circumstance such as technical difficulties,
>or
>> strings breaking and such, which might not be the easiest to deal with
>at
>a
>> moment's notice. We adapt. We are creative in front of an audience,
>and
>> practicing new ways of performing as we perform. So in my examples
>above,
>> am I practicing or playing, or both? The whole idea of improv itself
>as
>> it relates to these concepts is also very interesting. Is it practice
>or
>> play? <smile> -Is it live or is it Memorex?... lol!
>
>Each aspect - practice, rehersal, performance - is a state of being, and
>we
>can recognize several states at once. I sure do. Very often I'll be "up
>there" and simultaneously thinking of things like, "Jeez. Got to work on
>some new voicings of quartal chords tomorrow. The drummer just played a
>cool
>rhythm; can I answer that? Oh! The other guitarist is 'showing' me a
>different lick to go along with this part of the song..." Or I may be
>doing
>some routine practicing, and something I play might wake me up and I'll
>realize I'm suddenly performing some previously unheard music - I become
>the
>receiver of the music, the performing musician, and the audience listening
>all at once.
> I began this thread as a commentary on Per's excellent description of
>a
>performance as demonstration. I find it useful to frame my response to any
>performance in the context of: Was it a demonstration? An invigoration? Or
>(in the rarest of instances) do I feel moved? I often feel that performers
>and audiences cheat each other out of a genuine opportunity to move higher
>by reverting to "unconscious demonstrations;" the performer merely
>demonstrates the appropriate sounds/motions, and the audience demonstrates
>the appropriate response. Per obviously provided a clear and literal
>demonstration, and made room for moving toward higher ground because of
>it.
> But, y'know, I just love where this thread has spun off into. And I
>have
>to go to sleep. Love to all and every one.
>
>
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