#175 - It's Like Jazz
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Sean
Nov 21, 2012, 10:14:37 PM11/21/12
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The Passage of a Few People Through a Rather Brief Moment in Time #175
IT'S LIKE JAZZ
Wednesday, November 21
Meet at California Donuts #21 at 8:30pm
Hearing creative people describe their efforts as "like jazz" can
quickly become tiresome. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We get it. You have tried
to balance composition and improvisation. You developed themes and
then approached the articulation of those themes with a sense of
whimsy, of play -- a spirit of experimentation. Great. But maybe, just
maybe, you were sorta kinda just unprepared? Maybe you took a leap
into the unknown and hoped for the best and something came out of it
that was kind of good, and perhaps not quite what you expected, and
you were pretty happy with it, and perhaps realize that it might even
be better than what you are capable of when you do try to control
everything? How about it? Be honest. And, sure, to wrangle that
possible chaos into something coherent takes a certain level of skill
and a definite surfeit of chutzpah, but it doesn't exactly make you
Miles Davis, my friend. Sorry.
(Unlike a jazz solo, we're keeping it short this week. But, like a
jazz solo, there will be some ups and downs.)
IT'S LIKE JAZZ
Wednesday, November 21
Meet at California Donuts #21 at 8:30pm
Hearing creative people describe their efforts as "like jazz" can
quickly become tiresome. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We get it. You have tried
to balance composition and improvisation. You developed themes and
then approached the articulation of those themes with a sense of
whimsy, of play -- a spirit of experimentation. Great. But maybe, just
maybe, you were sorta kinda just unprepared? Maybe you took a leap
into the unknown and hoped for the best and something came out of it
that was kind of good, and perhaps not quite what you expected, and
you were pretty happy with it, and perhaps realize that it might even
be better than what you are capable of when you do try to control
everything? How about it? Be honest. And, sure, to wrangle that
possible chaos into something coherent takes a certain level of skill
and a definite surfeit of chutzpah, but it doesn't exactly make you
Miles Davis, my friend. Sorry.
(Unlike a jazz solo, we're keeping it short this week. But, like a
jazz solo, there will be some ups and downs.)
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