-Music can be more beautiful if you read about it.
Well, sometimes in away, this could be true. But as in all artforms it´s in the eyes of the beholder. In all studies of music, if you are taking lessons on a instrument, or just a devoted listener who likes to know more about composers, performers or artists works, it´s a very good help. You will undoubtable come across the word inspiration.
As you already have noticed my own instrument is guitar. But it doesn´t matter, what kind of instrument you play, these thoughts of mine can be applicated on all kinds of instrument or listeners.
In contemporary music or "jazzoriented " styles you will be able to distinct different gengres. Some are typical "children of their time" and some are so called "evergreens". These expressions means different things to almost everyone, but the there are songs, tunes or melodies that´s have some sort of "spirit" in themselves, those tunes can be heard and played for generations and still sounds good. You will also encounter a lot of different styles, that had great impact to a lot of jazzmusicians/ composers.
I will not say that it´s a sign of quality, but maybe it´s on that road, what you will find, and understand, when you read bout music and performers.
Today we have Internet and YouTube, were you can find interviews , records, concerts, songs and tutural schools for all kinds of instruments. That´s a good source of inspiration.
But nothing compares to a live concert that you visited. Maybe you also had a chance to meet the artist (s) afterwards for an autograph or just give him/her a pat on the shoulder with a smile and apprectiation. These moments are unfortenatuly rare, but if your lucky, some of these artists like to meet their audience too. Hopefully you also get an unforgettable memory to let your own inspiration will come to be in full bloom, who knows?
Jazzmusic is an artform that in its nature is explorational, seeking and often constantly changing and developing, so does the jazzcats too. Some stay tight to thier roots or gengres, and some can jump on differet "trains or tracks". Some might just "Twist" their own a little bit...Sometimes you even think that the next album or consert will be predictable of your favourite (s) , you think you know that, but you are often surprisingly wrong, thats typical for good musicians and performimg artists too, I think.
There is nothing wrong or right here, it´s just up to the musicians themselves, but one must consider if you are a professional, you have a "responsibility" not to make your fans disapointed. Thats a tricky one for all artists....
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"Q"
Modest:
-Having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
Humble:
- An admirable quality that not many people possess. It means that a person may have accomplished alot, or be alot but doesn't feel it is necessary to advertise or brag about it.
Respectful .
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My top 12 sources of Music inspiration
No 3:
George Gershwin.
Quotes from the net:
"Anything that could be imagined, could be attempted. Gershwin imagined a world-renown popular songwriter and a world-renown classical composer and he attempted just that. He was not totally successfull, but then who is? In truth, he was successful enough to change the musical landscape"
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"Gershwin, a man without a past, created music that comes to life -- and demolishes the distinction between serious and trivial -- when performers forget about its period trappings and make it sound contemporary. Pop and jazz artists do so without even thinking, but most "echt" twentieth-century music subjects performers to the tyranny of the composer's minute commands. Performers should profit from the freedom that Gershwin scores allow. Old-time modern music now sounds very "period" indeed. Perhaps Stravinsky was right: instead of continuing to give Gershwin posthumous lessons in how to be a composer, we should let him teach us."
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http://jazzspectrum55.blogspot.se/2015/07/prologue-george-gershwin.html
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This is a good book
No 2 :
Janne Shaffer/ Björn J.son Lind (Sweden)
These two cats goes on the same ticket, Janne Schaffer and J:son Lind played in the same band Earmeal ( fusion or contemporary) for several years but has also done several albums in their own name. Both JS and BJL have written tunes were you can find elements of Swedish traditional foikmusic and The tune "Norrland" (North-Sweden) below by JS is a good example of this.
Of all bands that I have ever seen live, Earmeal must be the one I have seen most of . They both have different musical backgrounds, but together they are a perfect team, both as songwriters and proffessional musicians. Needless to say that I have all their records. Two great sources of inspiration for me, and most of their music are "timeless".
Björn J:som Lindh.
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https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_J:son_Lindh
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There are so many good songs he had written, it´s almost impossible to pick a few, on these two JS also plays the guitar. R.I.P Mr. Lindh.
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Janne Schaffer.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janne_Schaffer
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http://jazzspectrum55.blogspot.se/2015/05/janne-schaffer-och-electric-banana-band.html
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This is a good book too
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