Re: [Harp-L] Create Mail

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

Although I wouldn't have used those words, you are correct. I play  
best when totally aggravated and my jaws are so tight, I could chew  
rail road spikes. Meanwhile all the philosophers need to get a grip.  
I don't want to hear a player play like an automoton. I don't want  
them to play like a corpse. I want them to play the way they FEEL.  
And on THAT day. It's not creativity. It's being a human with feelings.

I don't want repetition over and over with some dude (or dudess) who  
is up there just to fulfill their 'freebie'. I want Feeling. They  
don't have to be a great player. Just an HONEST player. Someone who  
gives a s**t that there's an audience there donating the precious  
moments of their lives. People who may have sacrificed to be there.  
People who may have risked their lives to be there.

That's why I never published a gig list. My daughter wanted to go to  
a concert in Cleveland with 3 other girls. My daughter wasn't allowed  
to go because she was too young. But the point is that the girls were  
hit by a small tanker truck loaded with home heating oil and everyone  
became Krispy Kritters. Those are the things that happen when people  
go to see entertainers. So, entertainers should think about that.

Nothing aggravates me more than some big shot star standing up there  
croaking out some trype just to suck on people's wallets. I have  
heard a lot of stars that, brilliant as their technique was, didn't  
move me. They were cookie cutter boring phonies.

smokey-joe




On May 11, 2007, at 4:01 PM, Winslow Yerxa wrote:

> I used to  play with a saxophonist who played best when he was pissed
> off and preoccupied about something unrelated to music. Zen stories
> sometimes focus on getting someone to do creative work, like
> calligraphy, in a hurry while distracted. The conscious mind gets out
> of the way and the best work comes out.
>
> Winslow
>
> --- IcemanLE@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 5/11/2007 3:47:59 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > rlaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > We also  need to have the means to "turn off" the left brain
> > adherence to
> > rules and  structure at times, in order to allow our intuitive sense
> > to foster a
> > new  appreciation of something musical.
> >
> >
> > Try playing a gig with a 101 degree fever. Uncomfortable, but amazing
> > how
> > this will shut down the rational side of your brain.
> >
> > The Iceman
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