tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post4231779563216822477..comments2023-10-21T07:14:37.880-07:00Comments on Jazz: The Music of Unemployment: Death by competenceAndrew Durkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-19064255779889902392010-08-09T10:25:55.879-07:002010-08-09T10:25:55.879-07:00I forgot to link the book. Here it is.
Great Yo-Y...I forgot to link the book. <a href="http://www.freeplay.com/" rel="nofollow">Here</a> it is.<br /><br />Great Yo-Yo Ma story!<br /><br />Thanks for the comments.Andrew Durkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-8321429585372497492010-08-08T21:40:47.667-07:002010-08-08T21:40:47.667-07:00Reminds me of a story Yo-Yo Ma tells. He'd de...Reminds me of a story Yo-Yo Ma tells. He'd decided that he wanted to learn some hideously difficult piece, and he wanted to be able to play it PERFECTLY. So he practiced it diligently for a long time. But when he finally played it in front of an audience, in the middle of his flawless performance, he realized he could walk off the stage and he wouldn't care. He was bored.<br /><br />That's when he decided that expression was more important than perfection.cinderkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-81382343469855204342010-08-08T07:37:40.676-07:002010-08-08T07:37:40.676-07:00Great find, thanks for sharing that. It is a tenuo...Great find, thanks for sharing that. It is a tenuous balance between spontaneity and technique, for sure.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670608297638919750noreply@blogger.com