Re: miles davis' advice

[Joel Fritz <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Michalek wrote:

>So how the hell does one ever get around to playing anything?  
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>>---- Original Message ----
>>From: IcemanLE@xxxxxxx
>>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: Re: "My Man Miles"  was Re: jazz jam
>>Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 13:10:40 EST
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>>>In a message dated 3/20/04 10:58:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
>>>jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
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>>>>whenever you start to go on autopilot, stop for 
>>>>a second and try to go in a different direction.  Best musical
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>>advice 
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>>>>I've had in many years
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>>>Miles also advised "When you start your solo, think of a note and
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>>then don't 
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>>>play it".
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>>>The Iceman
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I know, irony doesn't play well in print.  The principle is simple--try 
not to let force of habit  and demonstrating your technique drive your 
solos.