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HenriRoger	Date: July 26, 2005 @ 4:52 AM Hi How important is improvisation in your music ?
LostYears	Date: July 26, 2005 @ 5:37 AM hell i almost always forget what im supposed to be playin, my last recording i improvised the majority of it... it dont help that ild been drinkin.... actually if i hadnt been drinkin it might heve sounded better..... note to self, sobre up before recording
just2ska	Date: July 26, 2005 @ 10:45 AM it's not really somehting that's "important" for electronic music... or any music at that... I think it's possible to either write down something you made up, or make it up on the spot, and they can both sound equally super!
zedsalt	Date: July 26, 2005 @ 12:43 PM Anything I do past the second or third take is...almost without exception...limp and lifeless. That may well be a personal bias, but as long as I have control over my own creative choices, everything you hear from me is either improv or only slightly removed from improv. I also recognize, of course, that it's a purely, intensely, personal issue. I've heard plenty of music that I just assumed was improvised because of how charged it was with energy and emotion, only to find out someone had agonized over every detail.
mrjonnyd	Date: July 29, 2005 @ 6:20 PM Improvisation is all I do when playing the guitar. When it comes to recording though, I find it difficult to not go over riffs more than a couple of times...hopefully in time I'll be good enough for first take recording. That's what I want. In answer to your question: very important. Just think what your playing would be like if you never jammed or improvised?
Cryxan	Date: July 30, 2005 @ 3:43 AM If it works, do it. There's an artist here who improvises everything, even the vocals. Check him out: http://philos60.dmusic.com/
BlackMage	Date: July 30, 2005 @ 5:22 AM Improvised jamming is the best thing ever. Drummer and a bassist and you can have beautiful music easily.
Zapatique	Date: August 3, 2005 @ 5:34 AM Improvised soloes, are there any other kind? In The Antihero I have an idea of how a solo should go, but damn my ass back to hell if I ever remember exactly how something's played...improvisation is not the soul or essence of music, but it's the cock and balls if you know what I mean.
Extrememan	Date: August 3, 2005 @ 9:53 AM very important
TFive	Date: August 3, 2005 @ 11:48 PM Music is improvised even if its written. JUst remember that music is an energy and nothing more.
GeneHilbert	Date: August 4, 2005 @ 1:34 AM ad lib•i•tum ( ad lib ') adj. Music. ... The adverb ad libitum has one meaning:. Meaning #1: without advance preparation Synonyms: ad lib ... I approach improv based on what the song structure and arrangements dictate. As in standard jazz tunes where you have a basic structured I.E. "A" section or "Head" maybe repeat "A" to "B" section then Bridge back to the Head. I'll play through the first time as written. Then next time through I'll ad lib over the changes - then finally repeat Head or the whole tune then end it. Which is a fairly routine practice for standard jazz tunes. There is always some variation but that is basically it. And some of my originals follow that kind of structure. Other tunes like "5th Chord" the intro, break and outro are the only structured parts.... and everything in-between is all ad lib. Then again sometimes like "Froggleggs" both structures parts and ad lib are combined. There is no limit to how you can arrange and rearrange ideas to utilize ad lib in your compositions. Most all classical, jazz, rock and country composers have use Ad Lib to great effect in their compositions and performances.
Snoogans775	Date: August 4, 2005 @ 5:08 AM I think that Zed had it dowen, unless you are spontaneously affecting the song as you play it, there is no hope, unless you're not rockin'
HenriRoger	Date: August 4, 2005 @ 6:27 AM We had a total improvisation experience . 2 musicians decided to contact all the musicians of any style they knew and invited them to play with musicians they never played with .The names were randomly choosen to create duo trio , the band had to play 2 1/2 hour sets in a "pub" .I took part as a pianist . It lasted 2 years with 2 gigs by month . The results have often been very interesting , sometimes it didn't work at all ,and some guys never came back to improvise again ... This was in Nice , south France a few years ago ,it was called "the adventures of ..." .
kingo	Date: August 4, 2005 @ 7:49 AM Did any of that get recorded, HR?
Snoogans775	Date: August 4, 2005 @ 2:17 PM I think that Zed had it dowen, unless you are spontaneously affecting the song as you play it, there is no hope, unless you're not rockin'
kingo	Date: August 4, 2005 @ 2:40 PM Let's do the timewarp again!
shadowself	Date: August 4, 2005 @ 4:13 PM The music in two of my songs (Lost in an Alley / Just Another Year) is improvised from start to finish. As in: hit "record", sit in front of keys, have no idea what is going to happen, play keys for a couple minutes, hit "stop".
HenriRoger	Date: August 4, 2005 @ 5:11 PM halaka all the gigs were recorded but i don't have these cds ...
HenriRoger	Date: August 4, 2005 @ 5:16 PM Keith Jarrett about his last solo live record Radiance says it is totaly improvised ,during one piece he felt he was a bit"lost" hesitating to finish it ,then someone coughed ,he decided it was the sign for the piece to end ... In "le Monde" french news paper . Maybe the cough sign will replace the coda sign
HenriRoger	Date: August 4, 2005 @ 6:25 PM shadowself these 2 songs are awesome and you have a great voice
TheOwl	Date: August 14, 2005 @ 8:59 PM Improv is of GIGANTIC importance to me, not only in the initial writing but also being able to leave open sections in my songs for whatever may scream to be let out. Even though I'm clearl NOT a jazz player, I do cherish its principles and try to apply it to other types of music.
gimpnipples	Date: August 17, 2005 @ 1:42 PM almost all my music is the result of a happy accident

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