[Trombone-l] clams and perspective

[dslide13@aol.com]

Music really lives when performers take chances.  But, what does that 
even mean?....When a performer is engaged by and with the audience and 
the other performers on stage there is engagement.  When a performer 
speaks their line in rhythmic context all that is being said by others 
preceding and following their statement there is engagement.  When a 
performer waits until what seems the last moment before they give you 
what you're waiting for, that's engagement.  They can wait and wait yet 
never be late.  You can't teach the technique.  You can only 
listen...and not to your ego or your agenda, but to the music.  That's 
why we're all here.  We crave the music.

Robert Altman was discussing his philosophy of guiding actors toward 
his vision.  I'm paraphrasing...but I believe he said something like "I 
tell the actor to show me the truth...something I've never seen before, 
and if they ask what that is, I tell them I'll know it when I see it."

It was something like that.  Take a chance and magic is allowed to 
happen.  It's there if we'll just let it out.

David Gibson
trombonist/educator
www.jazzbone.org




-----Original Message-----
From: SteveInside at aol.com
To: trombone-l at server5.samford.edu
Sent: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 11:49:37 EST
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] clams and perspective

   I heard a good guitarist play a perfect rendition of a well-known 
Jimmy  Page
solo not that long ago.  Thing was, he played it in a technically
proficient, I'd even say impressive way, but the music was missing.  
Page
played that
solo with a raw edge, full of rush and fervour, I can still smell  the 
sweat on
him when I hear that bit of 30-year-old vinyl.  The chips and  the 
missed
notes were 'corrected' by the man playing it recently.  I guess  I'm 
just
amplifying what has been said (accidental pun, honest), but music and  
chipless
playing aren't the same thing... for me, anyway  :-D)

Warm wishes from the UK

Steve C
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