Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 09:49:02 +0200 From: xavier =?ISO-2022-JP?B?bGFudXNzZS1jYXphbGUn?= Subject: [Fwd: Re: where does your music come from?]
I didn't send this to the list although it was my intention.
Xavier
- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: where does your music come from? Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 19:50:32 +0200 From: xavier lanusse-cazale' To: Chris Michalek References: <3B45DB21.806CCA~clectus.net>
This sounds a lot like what Kenny Werner says in his book "Effortless Mastery" (usual disclaimers). Most of the book deals with getting rid of the ego while playing. I have not yet finished the book but it's definitely interesting. Anybody out there who read this book and want to share something about it ?
Xavier
Chris Michalek wrote:
> ... > To me the egoless philosophy is very important to making music. As you > know I am not egoless but I do have my moments especially when being >> creative. I believe that my knowledge and creative prowess comes from > another realm or plane of consciousness. I have found the ego to be a > filter that directs our actions. At times when my ego is in full > operation and I'm at a club where I'm asked to sit, my playing is affect > by what I think of the other person. Recently I played with trumpet > legend Clark Terry, because of what I thought of Clark compared to > myself, my ego caused me to be nervous and thus I played poorly. After > a few songs when my ego realized what was going on, I tried to > overcompensate for my bad playing and played all of my "tricks". A song > or two after that my ego disappeared and feel like I played some of my > most beautiful music. Clark even commented publicly about it - "This cat > is really swingin' especially on that last tune! It makes want to sit > down and just listen but mostly inspires me to play another one." > > I remember reading articles about Beethoven and Mozart where their music > came to them after they "cleared their minds" and heard nothing - it was > then they heard everything - a taoist principle... I listened actors in > interviews who say much of the same. Gwenyth Paltrow recently stated > that she "clears her mind" and opens it to a different level of > consciousness where she actually downloads her character in her brain. > She says she feels like she is actually part of the person she is > playing. I do much of the same when I play music. Somehow my brain is > tappped into something else and I am able to play thing I not normally > capable of doing. My mind is clear. My ego is gone and I become a wave > of music. > > Do others on this list understand or experience the same things??? > > > > >
