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Philos60
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Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2003 9:11 am Post subject: Good Reasons for Musical Improvisation |
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The world of data processing and communication (press, broadcast, film,
television, InterNet) is overcrowded with purposeful and planned
representations of desirable or also deliberately frightful illusory worlds
(advertisement, horror films, Science Fiction).
Spontaneous, natural, genuine and unplanned expression forms e.g. in
music and art are devalued in the commercial world as incalculable and
as having no guarantee of success.
Spontaneous musical improvisations in comparison with constructed and
orchestrated music have special unmistakeable and estimable
characteristics:
1. The individual's different musical ability becomes audible.
2. The emotional tendency of the musician is authentically reflected.
3. A continuous and coherent "tune painting" once created, causes natural
attention from the listeners by reason of its unique character and impact.
4. Personal musical expression in an improvisation is unique and
demonstrates the the individual's characteristics, and the style
of the musician shows appreciation for the listeners and their taste and character.
5. According to a listener's experience, the musical sympathy engendered by
an original and genuine feeling presented by an improvised song,
is more easily and more frequently possible than with a "patchwork of music".
The MUSICAL IMPROVISATION is in the world of music only ONE of several
expressions of such art, but for musicians it deserves a much higher attention,
because of the "personal note" it gives to the musician.
Edited by: Philos60 at: 1/9/03 2:17:36 pm
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droolymutt No Underblurb
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Philos60
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bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
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LarreeMP3
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Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2003 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: Good Reasons for Musical Improvisation |
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This is an excellent thread! I have been into improvisational music all of my life. I have always loved jazz and the Grateful Dead !!! Many of my recordings are free and loose like that !!!
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droolymutt No Underblurb
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bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
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droolymutt No Underblurb
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Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2003 3:49 pm Post subject: Re: Good Reasons for Musical Improvisation |
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OK....
Now this thread is becoming funner and funner....
Our bass player is a far better guitar player than anyone else in the band. He has a side-project called Bokamaru - a Grateful Dead cover thing.
He plays lead guitar in that band. When I go to see them, I watch his face as he goes off on one of those improvising tangents..
You just KNOW he's in the Zone....
It's not just the technical brilliance, - it's the total freedom of spirit that his playing conveys.
His brother is Frank Marino - who has been considered by many as one of the top ten guitarists on the Planet.
Do a Google on Frank Marino - you'll see what I mean..
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larre3mp3
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Geosphere
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Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2003 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: Good Reasons for Musical Improvisation |
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While I wholeheartedly agree with Philos' initial substantiations for improv, one remains clearly unlisted:
Improv due to completely forgetting what your playing in front of a live audience.
Name me ONE muscian who has not improved in that situation.
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PANick11
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Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2003 9:22 pm Post subject: Frank???? |
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Drooly!!...I have all of frank Marinos albums...
including
Maxoom, child of the novelty, strange universe, iv,
he's one of my teenage heros!!...really an amazing player...I once sat out all night in fron of the Rainbow Music Hall so I could see him play from the front row!!
LOL!!!
soooo....Improv!!
hmmm....., I had a spontaneous jam trio once that actually got paid to gig!!
it was one of those rare combinations of players where we just clicked on an amazing level....
1 drummer who played an abreviated kit...roto toms, snare, hight hat, floor tom and some ambient percussion things...bells, virbaslap..stuff like that
Two guitars...I played an es 335 and Steve played a herb ellis, so it was pretty clean and warm.
Then....we had a 4 string electric bass plugged in and on a stand between our chairs...and we would both pick it up now and then....though most tunes were just guitar and percussion..
we'd do 20 minuete free form journies...somtimes longer!!
and people really liked it!..we were playing ..I dont know.."fern Bars"..LOL!!...tiny jazz clubs...it was amazing!!..a nearly psychic connection would get going.
Man...I'd love to do that again....
PANick
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droolymutt No Underblurb
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Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2003 11:13 pm Post subject: Re: Frank???? |
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ahhh, PANick... - what you're saying..... - I can hear in your playing.
Yeah - Norm (Frank's brother) actually started Mahogany Rush with Frank.
Sometimes, at practice, we take a break to jam. I give Norm my Strat, and take his Precision....bliss...........
But the reason our focus is not there, is that we now care a little bit about the commercial side of music. Thus the cookie-cutter tunes of The Wailing Hobos....
Frank is still working... - just got home from a European tour..
Some other stuff happening, that I won't mention here....
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PANick11
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Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2003 4:26 am Post subject: Re: Good Reasons for Musical Improvisation |
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WOW!!!
WOW!! WOW!!! WOW!!!!!
(this is me trying to appear detached and grown up...all the while fighting the impulse to put my guitar in a box and mail it to you and BEG you to get frank to sign it....But I'm much more mature than that....really....much..)
sooo....Franks brother huh?
that's interesting...
ho hum...
by the way...(casually now...easy does it...)
uh..
what's your address?
PANick
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droolymutt No Underblurb
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Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2003 4:37 am Post subject: Re: Good Reasons for Musical Improvisation |
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er.
Why do I get the funny feeling you're rattling my cage here?.....
Anyhooo.......
I'm in Montreal.....
If you want it, my email is droolymutt@msn.com
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bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
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