#playing

Several technological and political forces have converged, and that has produced a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration without regard to geography or distance - or soon, even language. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#collaboration #distance #even #field #forces

If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not? ↗

— Robert Fripp

#does #genius #many #music #musician

If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do. ↗

— Robert Fripp

#huge amounts #material #playing #repertoire #stuck

So, you can set up an orchestra down this end of the railway station playing one particular area, and simultaneously at the other end something completely different going on. And in the middle they meet, or not, depending. ↗

— Robert Fripp

#completely #depending #different #down #end

I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing so hard we couldn't even stand up, let alone kick the ball. ↗

— Fred Frith

#ball #costumes #dressed #even #football

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. ↗

— Robert Frost

#free #free verse #like #net #playing

Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes. ↗

— James Galway

#i #indeed #lot #out #playing

The alternate media are becoming important and viable alternatives to playing live. Records, videos, that kind of thing. They're going to start to count for something. Because there's only a limited amount of us-time available to us. ↗

— Jerry Garcia

#alternatives #amount #available #because #becoming

In our early period we pretty much survived or perished on our capacity to reach people, and on getting into the pattern of having no money and playing lots of shows. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#early #getting #having #into #lots

There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#environment #going #good #good record #had