tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35429900.post88204839248866810..comments2023-04-16T13:53:57.295+00:00Comments on improvising guitar: the worst gigs of my lifethe improvising guitaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07517613086214719180noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35429900.post-75102528139827684092007-10-27T19:22:00.000+00:002007-10-27T19:22:00.000+00:00Wonderful blog.Wonderful blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35429900.post-16986914140277888752007-09-22T20:18:00.000+00:002007-09-22T20:18:00.000+00:00lovely post....(well, you know what i mean)...lovely post....(well, you know what i mean)...Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06573269123690960407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35429900.post-19522124892043190922007-09-15T16:04:00.000+00:002007-09-15T16:04:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.the improvising guitaristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07517613086214719180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35429900.post-63744990759904394632007-09-15T16:03:00.000+00:002007-09-15T16:03:00.000+00:00Everyone, thanks for reading, and for the comments...Everyone, thanks for reading, and for the comments.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and sjz, you can email tig at…the improvising guitaristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07517613086214719180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35429900.post-35537611914408557262007-09-15T00:16:00.000+00:002007-09-15T00:16:00.000+00:00…you survived the gigs with your musicianship inta...<I>…you survived the gigs with your musicianship intact….</I><BR/><BR/>What I meant was, you didn't quit playing the guitar. Whatever damage occurred wasn't permanent. You chalked it up to experience. You "paid your dues." You emerged a better musician. (Pick your platitude.)Andrew Durkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35429900.post-86404374405840976242007-09-14T18:37:00.000+00:002007-09-14T18:37:00.000+00:00Hey- Coincidentally, I just wrote a long (perhaps ...Hey- Coincidentally, I just wrote a long (perhaps tiresome) post on my blog about disastrous gigs of my own, but only the Real Book at the Radisson ones.<BR/><BR/>You have inspired me to expand....<BR/><BR/>bohica,<BR/><BR/>PBPeter Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466530226652452872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35429900.post-88267228796016542132007-09-14T16:12:00.000+00:002007-09-14T16:12:00.000+00:00B decides to rope in some improvisers so we can, l...<I>B decides to rope in some improvisers so we can, like, jam, man. </I><BR/><BR/>Dude!<BR/><BR/>And another thing, how does one send s,tig an e-mail?Stanley Jason Zappahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06526308723808269327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35429900.post-11046477924695673822007-09-14T15:08:00.000+00:002007-09-14T15:08:00.000+00:00Andrew, yes, please do a JTMOU edition—I’d be curi...Andrew, yes, please do a JTMOU edition—I’d be curious.<BR/><BR/><I>…you survived the gigs with your musicianship intact….</I><BR/><BR/>Well, actually, no, not really. The first disaster (‘attack of youthful, humorless megalomania’) was all our faults (including mine). I think errors cascade, but when all said and done, you are the one up on stage screwing up. I probably disproportionately wrote more about the latter two events because the writing process turned out to be a bit cathartic, but here’s stuff that I should have added to the account of the first gig:<BR/><BR/>I remember desperately clutching onto any gesture or tactic that might ‘save us’, but once you’re in that positions of trying to ‘save’ an improvisation (rather than accepting it for what it is, and making the best of it), you’re in the wrong space (musically, psychologically, socially).<BR/>Also remember playing ‘Louie Louie’ thinking that I might get a few cheap laughs—how wrong was I about that—<I>*Groan*</I>.<BR/>In fact, my attitude problem on that gig was trying to <I>repeat</I> formulas—safe tricks that worked yesterday (except yesterday was yesterday; you’re not the same person, and the audience is certainly not the same audience). If you’re a performer (not just an improviser), you <I>know</I> that doesn’t work.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading; I’m glad you found it inspiring :-)<BR/><BR/>S, tigthe improvising guitaristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07517613086214719180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35429900.post-76223407385969710542007-09-14T05:53:00.000+00:002007-09-14T05:53:00.000+00:00Wow, this is inspiring (you survived the gigs with...Wow, this is inspiring (you survived the gigs with your musicianship intact, after all), and a great read as well. I might have to do a JTMOU edition (with said inspiration duly noted) soon.Andrew Durkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.com