I Think I Have A Basic Sound

Listening Is The Key To Everything Good In Music.

I Think Jazz Is Actually Quite Unforgiving In Its Disdain For Nostalgia. It Demands Creativity And Change At Its Highest Level.

More And More As Time Has Gone On, I Realize That Playing Is Really More About Listening Than It Is About Playing.

Avant-garde, Jazz, Pop, Classical, Country And Western, Rock, Free, Straight-ahead, Etc. Are Ultimately Meaningless Terms In The Face Of The Music Being Discussed At Best - At Worst, Those Terms Often Serve As Code Words For What Is In Fact A Cultural / Political Discussion More Than A Musical One.

I Realized That Equipment Really Had Little To Do With Why I Sound Like The Way I Sound