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Thelonious Monk Creates a List of Tips for Playing a Gig (2012)
- koolba 10y agoMost of the apply reasonably well to a business setting. A couple in particularly interesting ways: * You’ve got to dig it to dig it, you dig? * I want to avoid the hecklers. * Always leave them wanting more.
- keithpeter 10y agoPeter Schmidt and Brian Eno made a set of cards to help resolve issues when in the recording studio... http://www.oblicard.com/ http://www.oblicard.com/ It has always struck me that these may have wider application...
- matthewvincent 10y agoWhen you are swinging, swing some more!
- oliv__ 10y agoDidn't know the HN crowd like jazz this much.. Nice to see these posts pop up!
- a3n 10y agoSmart, sincere people talking about their thing are usually also talking about the larger thing.
- beefman 10y agoOriginal source: http://www.listsofnote.com/2012/02/thelonious-monks-advice.html http://www.listsofnote.com/2012/02/thelonious-monks-advice.h...
- jws 10y agoOriginally transcribed in 1960.
- benjohnson 10y agothe last line: They tried to get me to hate white people, but someone would always come along & spoil it.
- abrown28 10y agoI would like more backstory on that one.
- tomdell 10y ago"When I was a kid, some of the guys would try to get me to hate white people for what they've been doing to Negroes, and for a while I tried real hard. But every time I got to hating them, some white guy would come along and mess the whole thing up." -- Thelonious Monk [1] It seems like he had some good personal interactions with white people. [1] http://www.musicwithease.com/thelonious-monk-quotes.html http://www.musicwithease.com/thelonious-monk-quotes.html
- pessimizer 10y agoIt's just very difficult to hate white people in general. There's so many of them, you can't help meeting great ones all the time.
- rdiddly 10y agoWhat's up with "Monk" and an arrow to the right (middle of first page)? Is it shorthand for "Monk will get up and wander away from the piano?" That's clever and funny if so.
- AnthonBerg 10y agoI read it as "stay in front - of yourself - know where you will be, see how it will look, Monk can remember to feel how Monk will feel", but it's hard to put into words.
- AnthonBerg 10y agoIt's about time.
- zhemao 10y agoI read it as "play over Monk". It's a reinforcement of "Don't listen to me, I'm supposed to be accompanying you." But Monk was known to get up from the piano and dance during performances.
- endswapper 10y ago"A genius is the one most like himself." I appreciate this for its sincerity and generosity. There is no mistaking Monk's genius.
- Fuzzwah 10y agoAs noted in the comments on the post, these notes were written by someone who played with Monk.