[Trombone-l] clams and perspective

[SteveInside@aol.com]

Beautifully put David; really.
 
Steve
 
In a message dated 01/04/06 18:00:22 GMT Daylight Time, dslide13 at aol.com  
writes:

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