Wednesday, April 22, 2009

I would drive you, but I'm morally against the idea of Dogs

A golden pen, a red pen, a book about pizza and making it, and a CD guide to a keyboard.

Today, I saw a HUGE fish jump out of the lake. It was AWESOME. The reason we are SOCIALIST is that SOCIALISTS are TRULY for GERMANY and WE are for GERMANY so WE are SOCIALIST. Ponder, AP Euro homework.

Playing the saxophone. Chords and stuff. Scales. The improvisation, the real jazz, like Wynton Marsalis says. People tell me they liked jazz because you can play whatever you want and its easier to play jazz. Sorry my friend, but this is not TRUE! Its hard to explain, but making up melodic lines and harmonies on the fly is harder than just reading them off a page. The music is hard also, glissando gals. You can't just play the notes on the page, you've got to play the music, the soul and vibe to it. You don't play a blues with separated notes. You don't play a bebop with slurred notes. If you want to play the music, learn the emotion and people and the places. New Orleans means Second Line. New York means swing. "Chameleon" means funk; "Night Train" means blues; "Night in Tunisia" means latin. Coltrane means loud; Webster means soft. Parker means fast; Duke means slow. The reason these musicians became so good is because they understood and respected the old order, the form and traditional aspect and sound. Only when you understand the past will you make the future. Ponder, jazz minutes.

homework,
home is
work
is 
not
fun but
it is my job
life is my job
and its better to work extra hours.





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