About improvisation!

I have a thought about improvisation.
I look at improvisation as a group thing.
If you just improvise in your own way and
don´t listen to the band or vice versa,
a lot of expression slips away.
You can do a great solo,
but if the band is not behind you,
it´s not going to be as good as it is.
But when both the band and soloist
are on the same level and play
together it´s often becomes great music.
To make music out of just an
harmonic structure or just a beat is
very complex or very easy.

The difference between a great band
and a not so great band,
is how good they know
each other in the band, I think.
You don´t have to be best friends but you must
think in the same direction
in the music, and perhaps in life.
Sometimes it´s better to go out and eat a
great dinner with a
good wine and skip the rehearsal.
Just to get to know each other better.
I do the best music with the musicians
I have known long enough
to know what their favorite wine is,
if you see what I mean.

So.....why all those words when it´s just to play.
For me I must reflect over things sometimes.
I´m a player, and I like just to play the music,
but sometimes it sounds better
with some people and I must think about why.........

Questions! / Frågor!

I often get questions by e-mail.
So now I´m puttin up an
open forum for questions.
You´re welcome to ask me whatever you want.

To listen or not to listen to music!

Some musicians make the choice to "not listen to music".
Maybe not all kind of music but music that
affects them to much to find their own style.
For me that´s impossible. I listen to all kind of music
and I really enjoy doing it.
But when the question came up to me the first time,
I really reflected over how it could be
not to listen to my favorite music.
Actually I tested that for a while
but I found out that I must have the
inspiration from different kind of music.

My music is a summary of everything
I´ll listen to and everyone I have been
played with during the years.
One important aspect in this is that you must
not listen to just one or a few artists,
you must listen to everything.
So.....for me the choice was to listen
to everything because I need the new and old stuff
from my CD collection, to get my inspiration.

Blogg!

In my blogg I will just put up some
questions and thoughts about how
I look at different subjects.
You´re welcome to comment or
discuss those subjects with me.

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