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saras

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4. "Whenever a musician talks about expressing themselves, you know it's going to suck" - Robert Fripp

Reply to laconicsax (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 04:32 AM

Dec 2011

Expressing yourself is what you do to entertain an audience when you have no musical talent to fall back on.

Musical talent is what you fall back on when music itself refuses to show up for you in performance.

Even when it's nothing but you, your instrument, and music being invented in the moment, if you're expressing yourself rather than the music, you're doing what is otherwise known as "wanking off."

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Do television/film portrayals of music/musicians piss anyone else off? [View all] laconicsax Dec 2011 OP

I've never been in a band where I was not expressing myself... GReedDiamond Dec 2011 #1

Woodwinds laconicsax Dec 2011 #2

I'd love to use woodwinds on our stuff... GReedDiamond Dec 2011 #3

"Whenever a musician talks about expressing themselves, you know it's going to suck" - Robert Fripp saras Dec 2011 #4

Depends on the musician, saras. JDPriestly Jan 2012 #6

Two sides to the same coin. laconicsax Jan 2012 #8

You are so right. JDPriestly Jan 2012 #5

That does sound kind of cool... onpatrol98 Jan 2012 #7