March 11, 2024

New Fred Frith came today - Reissue of the first Guitar Solos plus new album Fifty. I tuned the Danelectro randomly and decided to follow Fred's advice:

“Improvised structures – the perception that they mostly consist of “boring” bits that lead to “exciting” bits; but if you attempt to cut out the boring bits by making very short “exciting” pieces, the result is the creation of stereotypes, self-conscious attempts to exite, predictable ways of manipulating the audience...easy to fall into 
traps, but better to resist simplistic definitions in the first place. Learning to empty yourself before playing.”

Courtesy of Neuguitars

Finally going to see Poor Things tonight.