“Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.”
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“Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.” ― Miles Davis https://t.co/Qgd79BOcO8
played a key role in introducing unusual time signatures into jazz, most notably on his recording of “Take Five,”
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
All that work, those meetings, phone calls, letters, the favors I cashed in, the crap I took from Howie Stoker, from Victor French, from everyone—all to get Paradise recorded and released, all turning to shit… Shut up and listen. The greatest jazz pianist in the world is playing ten yards away.
David Mitchell • Utopia Avenue
Hans Zimmer’s advice to musicians:
I think you have to have a lot of courage and a certain amount of foolishness to want to become a musician. You have to be completely and utterly insane and passionate at the same time, because to make a living as a musician is very difficult. On the other hand, to live a playful life, the way a musician does, is m
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Theres something so amazing about watching someone who is a master in their field, just do what they do. You can see the genius and true skill of what make them so great. Watching Paul with a guitar in his hand or at the piano is like watching Bob Ross paint a landscape.
Michelangelo CC • Paul McCartney Explains Blackbird
Guitar gurus say, “Tone is in your fingers.” You can buy the same guitar, effects pedals, and amplifier that Eddie Van Halen uses. But when you play that rig, it’s still going to sound like you.