Re: Re: Attitudes to instruments/loopers (Derek Bailey)

[a k butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

Kris wrote:
>This is because I consider improvisation not just something 
>inextricably tied to music, but a way of life and approaching the 
>world, both physically and intellectually.  I'd rather have the 
>improv music be defined by my own creativity and mind rather than 
>the instrument.

The instrument is a set of unrealised possibilities,
just waiting to be unlocked by a creative person.

Whether the instrument is a guitar, a hand-drum, a looping device or 
just the stuff in your head.

( ah... that'll get him going :-)

andybutler