“The attitude of foreign to English musicians is unsympathetic, self-opinionated and pedantic. They believe that their tradition is the only one (this is specially true of the Viennese) and that anything that is not in accordance with that tradition is "wrong" and arises from insular ignorance.” BelieveSelfAttitudeIgnoranceMusicianTraditionAriseOpinionatedPedanticUnsympathetic Author:Ralph Vaughan Williams
“This is going to sound really corny, but it's the way I feel: Musicians have been around for a really long time. It's a really, really old job. When you look at the way that a small band toured back in the '50s, it's similar to the way that a small band tours now. It's been this long tradition, and when you meet somebody who has been doing this for a really long time, you have to have tremendous respect for them.” WayFeelsLooksLongHas BeensJobsSoundBandMusicianLong TimeTraditionCornyReally LongOld Job Author:Will Sheff
“As players of instruments, it is our duty to reach out and give light to those in the dark in whatever way that we can. All my actions are a fulfilment of all the African music genres - I'm only trying to maintain the culture and the tradition. I am a musician.” WayGivingTryingLightActionCultureDarkPlayerDutyMusicianTraditionInstrumentsGenreReach OutFulfilmentAfrican Music Author:Sizzla
“We have oral traditions in Mali, and songs are passed down and around this way. I think in the US you can play all the time in your own room and never see another musician your whole life. We can't understand that in Mali.” ThinkingWayPlayWholeSongRoomsMusicianTraditionDown AndWhole LifeOral TraditionMali Author:Vieux Farka Toure
“To say that the Afro American created jazz doesn't mean anything bad about Anglo Americans, and I always teach my younger jazz musicians that at this point the entirety of the American tradition is your heritage, and you need to know it.” KnowsNeedsMeanTeachMusicianTraditionJazzHeritageJazz MusicJazz MusicianEntiretyAfrosAmerican Tradition Author:Wynton Marsalis
“When the film and music industries declined in the wake of increasingly conservative Muslim laws and social customs in Pakistan, many of these musicians found themselves out of work. They were brought together at Sachal Studios by Izzat Majeed, who built the studio in order to preserve these musical traditions.” TogetherFilmLawOrderFoundSocialIndustryMusicianBuiltTraditionMusicalConservativeStudiosPreservesCustomsPakistanMusic IndustryFilm And Music Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“Once again, in the fine tradition of North Texas Lab Bands, this is truly a superb band. Under the artful leadership of Neil Slater, these great musicians have managed to combine small group "openness" with the swinging precision of a classic big band. Very enjoyable!” BigsGroupsFineBandMusicianTraditionClassicOpennessTexasEnjoyablePrecisionGreat MusicLabsSmall GroupsSuperbGreat Musician Author:Michael Brecker
“Musicians coming together at a time of need is one of the great traditions in this country. It's like people taking charge.” PeopleNeedsCountryTogetherMusicianTraditionComing TogetherTime Of NeedTaking Charge Author:Mark O'Connor
“These musicians, such as these Cubans in Havana, are a part of a scene that did produce great music and great musicians. They came from this tradition, so it's a good place to look. It's like prospecting: You gotta know where to look.” KnowsLooksProduceSceneMusicianTraditionGreat MusicCubanGood PlaceGreat MusicianHavanaProspecting Author:Ry Cooder
“There actually had been a tradition within English music of the '60s of people looking eastwards, maybe in quite a naïve way, but nonetheless, you had musicians like George Harrison or Bryan Jones recording the musicians of Joujouka in North Africa.” PeopleWayMusicianTraditionBryanNorth AfricaEnglish Music Author:Justin Adams
“The Western music tradition is mostly addressed to a public that has a critical mind, and judges the quality of the writing, of the interpretation. And I think it is a great tradition! It pushes the musicians to always go further, and to never stop pushing the limits and explore what can be done with sounds. And great pieces of art were born from that tradition.” ThinkingWritingMindArtDoneQualityJudgingMusicianTraditionWestern Author:Gaspar Claus
“But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.” IdeasTogetherGrowsMusicianTraditionInnovationConcertsFestivalsWorkshops Author:Yo-Yo Ma
“Being a writer is part of a noble tradition, as is being a musician – the last egalitarian and open associations. No matter what happens in terms of fame and fortune, dedication to writing is a marching-step forward from where you were before, when you didn’t care about reaching out to the world, when you weren’t hoping to contribute, when you were just standing there doing some job into which you had fallen.” WorldWritingMatterHappensCareJobsLastsTermStepsFameMusicianStandingTraditionNo Matter WhatFortuneNobleFallenReachingAssociationReach OutDedicationSteps ForwardStanding There Author:Anne Lamott