"You play the exact way you hear."

[ejecta]

Saw this posted on another forum and found that he has some interesting thoughts on playing.

Favorite line.. "It doesn't take intelligence to be a jazz musician."

Some of his other videos on YouTube are good too.

 

[FourT6and2]

It seems like what he's talking about and what's actually happening in his "live example" is merely a difference in volume. Scream it to yourself in your head and you'll play it louder. That doesn't mean better, though. I think what he implied was that think it loud, play it loud. Think it soft, play it soft. Think dynamically, you'll play dynamically. Maybe? I don't know. Seems like a lot of common sense stuff, personally. Maybe I missed his point.

But for me, if you have internal passion for what you're doing, that passion will manifest itself through your performance. Loud, soft, fast, slow, whatever.

 

[gtrwun]

I enjoyed that and I do believe that the concept is true. Problem is , I keep hearing the same lame licks over and over that ive been regurgitating for 30 some odd years now!

 

[ejecta]

I enjoyed that and I do believe that the concept is true. Problem is , I keep hearing the same lame licks over and over that ive been regurgitating for 30 some odd years now!

You and me both man!

 

[lespaul6]

Had a good friend growing up who was an astounding piano player, concert pianist. He could play anything put in front of him and read/played every nuance and inflection in a piece of music perfectly. What surprised me was that I asked him to right a song with me, to come up with a piece from his head on the spot and he was paralyzed, he couldn't play a thing? I could not believe it.. it was a real eye opening experience for me because he was really just a "technician" doing math, following formula.. not really a "musician" in the sense of creating something from what you hear in your head. anyone else run into this?

 

[kasperjensen]

Man... This is the best thing that I have found on the internet in a long time.

 

[Leotis]

That is really interesting... and I'm just the opposite from your friend. I can't play anything from the page... can't read...don't know how to decipher it. But, if I can hear it...no problem. I can "sing" solos in my head while I'm playing and it all comes out on the fretboard instantaneously...and I mean improv stuff, not rehearsed solos of someone else's or things I've memorized.

 

[Aristocat]

That was wicked cool. I'm gonna try to implement this more so for now on. I've been trying to think differently about how I use my pick and the more I remind myself to loosen up, the better my results are.

Funny he's from MA. Idear was a dead give away.

 

[Erock]

That is really cool. I'd need a greater technical mastery of the instrument to fully utilize it, but I can see how the idea can be used to improve even with a limited vocabulary. Thanks for posting that. That guy is pretty captivating to listen to, I bet that's a great class in person.

 

[searching]

Had a good friend growing up who was an astounding piano player, concert pianist. He could play anything put in front of him and read/played every nuance and inflection in a piece of music perfectly. What surprised me was that I asked him to right a song with me, to come up with a piece from his head on the spot and he was paralyzed, he couldn't play a thing? I could not believe it.. it was a real eye opening experience for me because he was really just a "technician" doing math, following formula.. not really a "musician" in the sense of creating something from what you hear in your head. anyone else run into this?

Balance. Balance. Balance. Balance is always the key. Your buddy may never be as good of a "musician" as you due to natural reasons etc, but it's also very likely he neglected a portion of training in favor of the security of a sheet of paper always showing the way. Sounds like to me you guys could've learned quite a bit from each other.

My favorite musicians always seem to be the "naturals" who have also taken the time to learn certain given pathways and kept an eye on their weaknesses.

 

[moltenmetalburn]

Can't watch the video, what's it called so I can search it myself?