“My father was a teacher, my mama was a community worker, I taught in so many schools. So when you get that experience of how to communicate with younger people, put that hand on them and give them that old-school feeling, the maturity and adult, a lot of our kids just need the feeling of that love, and that's the frame of reference that I teach from and that's the frame of reference that all of our musicians in the Jazz at Lincoln Center.” PeopleNeedsGivingFeelingsHandsKidsSchoolFatherCommunityTeachTeacherTaughtMusicianAdultsJazzWorkersCommunicateMaturityMamaOld SchoolFrame Of ReferenceLincoln Center Author:Wynton Marsalis
“Beginning in the nineteenth century, with performers like Franz Liszt, were musicians who were able to excite an audience and communicate on a whole new level.” WholeAbleLevelsAudienceCenturyMusicianCommunicatePerformersNineteenth Century Author:David Finckel
“I feel so lucky to have found two other, now three other musicians, that I can absolutely communicate with musically and believe in what they're doing almost 100% of the time. I've talked to a few [other] people in bands and that just isn't always the case.” PeopleFeelsBelieveI CanTwoThreeFoundCasesLuckyBandMusicianCommunicateSo Lucky Author:Theresa Wayman
“If there is any selfish angle, then it would probably be me just knocking myself in the head, thinking "Is there anybody here? Am I still able to communicate with other musicians?"” IfsThinkingStillsAbleMusicianCommunicateSelfishAngleKnocking Author:Daniel Lopatin
“As convenient as that would be to make it easier to communicate with more prolific musicians, I don't want to think of music like a math equation.” ThinkingWantWould BeEasierMusicianCommunicateMathEquationsConvenient Author:Blake Judd
“Musicians communicate in other ways. That's just something you rely on.” WayMusicianCommunicateRely Author:Ry Cooder
“I definitely learned to communicate with other musicians better. I used to feel so intimidated by guys who can read notes, like, "Oh my god, they're gonna think I'm not even gonna be able to sit at the table." But I've come to see that a lot of these musicians don't know how to read music either, and that made me feel good. I could just come up with ideas or show somebody things and get the ideas across.” ThinkingGuyMusicianCommunicateFeel GoodIntimidated Author:Flying Lotus
“Communicating with musicians is really interesting because everyone has their quirks and their strengths and their weaknesses.” InterestingMusicianWeaknessCommunicateReally Interesting Author:Flying Lotus
“The show is coming from the music. I get on the stage with the band, and I communicate with my musicians, and the music that we create and all that is coming out of us. The music is making the show and the music is creating the atmosphere, so if you close your eyes and listen and feel what it is that's coming out of the speakers, that's the whole point.” EyeMusicianMusic IsCommunicateAtmosphereSpeakers Author:D'Angelo
“The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it's well-received and lives in somebody else.” WayWellsUnderstandingRolesMusicianConceptsCommunicateRock N RollExecutionAnother Way Author:Yo-Yo Ma