Re: david toop article - nytimes - today

[Raul Bonell <raul.bonell@gmail.com>]

oops! i didn't nocticed the article was written by cage specialist, pianist margaret len tang.

2009/9/2 Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Raul Bonell<raul.bonell@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/10/arts/l-improvisation-against-improvisation-688630.html

A very interesting quote! Thanks for notifying us, Raul! :-)

However, I think it lacks the dimension we were recently discussing
here; how to improvise new stuff without becoming "a cover band of
yourself". The answer to that question is IMHO of course Structures.
Not structures in music but structures for how to stay creative during
improvisation. In essence not far from what she tells about John Cage
methods ;-)

i supose "strategies" would replace structures here, nicely.


The heart of improvisation, IMHO, is to have good

strategies to throw yourself out of what you like and what you feel in
order to successfully experiment with the reactions of your musical
instinct when confronting the un-known.

i hope that musical instinct exists per se.
this would prove that music is an essential part of life.

can i have permission to use this wonderful quote, per.

 

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