[Trombone-l] spirit/excecution, was Re: Perfect Pitch

[Jeff Albert]

On 3/2/06, George Carr <georgecarr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm with you there; mistakes, especially, make a way bigger difference
> to musicians than to untrained listeners: if a musician hears a gaffed
> note or a pitch problem (or even bigger mistakes, like a missed
> entrance or a missing fugue voice), it's cause for wincing, while many
> untrained listeners don't notice, or think it's intentional.



I'm in Chicago this week working with a new group called Lucky 7s.   The
group is co-led by Jeb Bishop and I, and we each wrote 5 pieces for it, and
a couple of other members have contributed stuff.  We had long rehearsals on
Monday and Tuesday, and out first gig was Tuesday night.  Some of the stuff
is pretty intricate, andd on the way to the gig Tuesday Jeb and I were
discussing our concerns about the bands preparation.

I said that spirit can over come excecution for the regular listener.  Clean
and spirited is better than sloppy and spirited, but what the people really
hear is the spirit and the energy and the vibe.  Too often we as musicians
let the performance distract us from the music.

BTW, so of the gig could havee been cleaner, but the peeps dug the spirit.
We have more gigs this weekend, check out
http://jeffalbbert.com/lucky7s/for info.

Jeff