“-Just because you’re not a drummer, doesn’t mean you don’t have to keep time.
-Pat your foot and sing the melody in your head, when you play.
-Stop playing all those weird notes (that bullshit), play the melody!
-Make the drummer sound good.
-The inside of the tune (the bridge) is the part that makes the outside sound good.
-Don’t play everything (or every time); let some things go by. Some music just imagined. What you don’t play can be more important that what you do.
-A note can be small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination.
-When you’re swinging, swing some more.
-Always leave them wanting more.
-Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself.
-They tried to get me to hate white people, but someone would always come along and spoil it.” —Thelonious Monk (my favorite points from a list of musical advice to his band)
-Pat your foot and sing the melody in your head, when you play.
-Stop playing all those weird notes (that bullshit), play the melody!
-Make the drummer sound good.
-The inside of the tune (the bridge) is the part that makes the outside sound good.
-Don’t play everything (or every time); let some things go by. Some music just imagined. What you don’t play can be more important that what you do.
-A note can be small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination.
-When you’re swinging, swing some more.
-Always leave them wanting more.
-Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself.
-They tried to get me to hate white people, but someone would always come along and spoil it.” —Thelonious Monk (my favorite points from a list of musical advice to his band)
