Re: ambivalent feelings about playing live (was: PrePrepared vs. Improvisational)

[cpr@musetrap.com]

I haven't read it, but it's on my list now.. :)

for me, the reason to play music is because I enjoy it.. as that is  
the essence of what everyone has said, I totally support them in  
whatever way they choose to find their enjoyment.. if I can find an  
audience that is into what I am into it's the perfect situation..

Tony, I totally get what you shared about the multiple selves.. and  
personally, I think there are far more voices in our heads than just  
2.. lol.. and, freedom comes when you can tell the ones who don't  
belong in a particular situation to shut up.. :) my internal critic is  
far more welcome when I am recording in a studio situation, but they  
just get in the way when playing live.. I trust my creative voice, and  
I let it be my guide.. :)

peace
-cpr

Quoting Tony K <bigtonyk@gmail.com>:

> I picked up an interesting book related to all this.  It's called The
> Inner Game of Music.  I'm not too far into it, but it's got some
> interesting ideas about dealing with performing and practice and how
> there are 2 "Selfs" in people's personalities that deal with how we
> relate to music.  One self (Self 1)is the creative free spirit, and
> the other is the distracted critical one that keeps us from our
> potential.
>
> Anybody else read it?
>
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Miko Biffle<biffoz@gmail.com> wrote:
>> That's why I NEVER shut the door on future possibilities Per!  I
>> haven't written anything off—I'm just going with my honest feellings.
>> Life, feelings, possessions—all things must pass.  Thanks for your
>> story.  Maybe there's hope for me yet?  -m
>>
>> On 7/10/09, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  I found the posts from Kevin and Miko deeply touching, since it calls
>>>  back memories from a period where I just found the idea of performing
>>>  music in front of people bizarre and absurd. This happened to me in
>>>  the early nineties and I had by then been playing regularly with
>>>  gigging bands since the early seventies <snip>.
>>>
>>>  It's amazing how your life changes with the world all the time. You
>>>  never know what comes around the next corner. <snip>
>>
>>
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> Tony
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