#improvisation

The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing. ↗

— Jan Hammer

#any #anything #business #get #i

I've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my studies with improvisation as I'm working with people. ↗

— Roscoe Mitchell

#been #continued #i #improvisation #interested

My act is sort of improvisational. I have a skeleton in my head, but no fat or skin on it. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#fat #head #i #improvisational #skeleton

There's always some room for improvisation. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#improvisation #room #some

Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative, is threatened. ↗

— Archie Shepp

#culture #decade #existential #how #idea

When we got to the part where we had to improvise an argument in a poetic language, I got cold feet. "I can't do this," I said. "I don't know what to say." "Say anything," he said. "You can't make a mistake when you improvise." "What if I mess it up? What if I screw up the rhythm?" "You can't," he said. "It's like drumming. If you miss a beat, you create another." In this simple exchange, Sam taught me the secret of improvisation, one that I have accessed my whole life. ↗

— Patti Smith

#playwriting #sam-shepard #life

As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality. ↗

— Mose Allison

#concerned #essentials #far #i #improvisation

There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation. ↗

— David Antin

#improvisation #jazz #just #procedures #talks

I can't speak American dog very well. There was a lot of improvisation with Uggie - like when I put the dog on the table or sometimes I follow him, sometimes he follows me. I had a lot of treats in my pocket. We worked with Omar Von Muller, the dog trainer. It was very easy because it was a big movie. ↗

— Jean Dujardin

#because #big #big movie #dog #easy

With Sleater-Kinney, we did a lot of improvisation in our live shows, and even our process of songwriting involved bringing in disparate parts and putting them together to form something cohesive. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#cohesive #did #disparate #even #form