The path of a true "artist" is a rocky road.
We have all remarked when an innocent child speaks their mind and reveals something candid, with no worries about consequences, failure, or judgment that makes us think. We also know there is something envious about that special quality; raw freedom to express with no fears or hang-ups. When a young student drums on a desk, draws on a paper, or sings, sincerity is at its best. And it’s all valid because it’s sincere.
Our attraction to music is a personal one. Sure, there are peer pressures, and multi musical purposes, but somewhere in our hearts we have our own musical tastes. To step forward and play what you feel might be your best move.I feel it’s tragic to not explore music and life through creativity and self development. I respect the ideal of traditional development of needed musical skills but not at the cost of creativity. No one should have to wait some undetermined amount of time to compose something or even think about composing something.Ditto with improvisation. Same with any writing or art. It’s sincere. It’s in the moment.
The path of a true "artist" is a rocky road.
It's like walking up wet glass at times but after a while it's fun.It is your business to keep the channel open.You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you.You'll note a slow emergence almost imperceptible. it will be something you never forget.
Now's the time tell a genuine story, speak the truth, and someone will appreciate it.It is part and parcel of being an artist.
Keep the channel open, and try your best.You'll learn something special.
Been talking to my students about the many aspects of the creative mind set.
Trying to just expand more ideas and thoughts.
Here's some things that I'm coming up with ;
Creativity is the bringing into being something which did not exist before, either as a product, a process or a thought. Right? So let’s apply this to ALL levels of saxophone playing, thought and improvisation.
You would be demonstrating creativity if you:
· Played something which has never existed before.
· Reapply an existing lick or concept into a new area musically.
· Develop a new way of looking at something (bringing a new idea into existence).
· Change the way someone else looks at something.
We are all creative every day because we are constantly changing the ideas which we hold about the world about us and our relationship with it. Creativity does not have to be about developing something new to the world, it is more to do with developing something new to ourselves !!
When we change ourselves, the world changes with us, both in the way that the world is affected by our changed actions and in the changed way that we experience the world. It’s a thought process. It’s past a mouthpiece change..it’s a MIND SET !!
Creative thinking is the process which we use when we come up with a new idea. It is the merging of ideas which have not been merged before. New ideas are formed by developing the current ones within our minds. This evolution HAS to be brought on by practice.
Ongoing creative thinking is the continuous investigation, questioning and analysis that develops through education, training and self-awareness.
Ongoing creativity maximizes both accidental and deliberate creative thinking. It is a quest for improvement which never ends. It is an acceptance of and a looking for continuous change that differentiates between ongoing creativity and mental inflexibility. Ongoing creativity takes time and practice to become skillful. Ongoing creative thinking soon becomes an attitude not a technique.
The first step to take is to learn the creative thinking techniques so that you can use them deliberately to come up with new ideas. You will then be at an immediate advantage to those who do not know how to use them. You should then practice them to increase your skill at ongoing creative thinking. With practice you may even find it unnecessary to use specific techniques because you may soon have too many ideas without using them at all.
By the way...The friend.
COLTRANE.....Velocity and hard work. < Coltrane Substitutions >
My Coltrane inspiration is HOW he did what he did, the pursuit of being inspired from the WHAT AND HOW of the knowledge, as well as the velocity of his genius. The man was one of the hardest workers.Check his six-box Prestige collection, in only a year and a half--the first session being in May 1957, the last in December 1958, he recorded ALL those recordings while touring and playing gigs.
Coltrane chord substitutions of a basic ii-V-I with movement in major thirds creating an augmented triad. This is also know as "Coltrane Changes," etc. I'll post one of my favorites at the end here as well.
Coltrane first introduced this on Blue Train on tunes such as Moment's Notice and Lazy Bird, and later on took things further on Giant Steps.The B section from _Have You Met Miss Jones_ served as inspiration for Coltrane because of the major 3rd modulation from D to Gb to Bb.
Coltrane Substitution:
1) Here is a normal ii-V-I in C major:
| ii | V | I ||
| dmin7 | G7 | Cmaj7 ||
2) Now with the Major 3rds Cycle:
| ii V** | I* V** | I* V** | I* |
| dmin7 Eb7 | Abmaj7 B7 | Emaj7 G7 | Cmaj7 |
This cycle has been used in many re-harmonization, far to many to even list! Here are some of the most accessible- and also the sky is the limit. With some creative ears and imagination they work in rock and pop too.
Standard ; Dmin7- G7- CMaj7
Trane sub ; Dmin Eb7 Ab B7 E G7 C
Standard ;Fmin7- Bb7- EbMaj7
Trane Sub ;Fmin F#7 B D7 G Bb7 Eb
Simile rest of page.
Abmin7- Db7- GbMaj7
Abmin A7 D F7 Bb Db7 Gb
Bmin7- E7- AMaj7
Bmin C7 F Ab7 Db E7 A
Gmin7- C7- FMaj7
Gmin Ab7 Db E7 A C7 F
Bbmin7- Eb7- AbMaj7
Bbmin B7 E G7 C Eb7 Ab
C#min7- F#7- BMaj7
C#min D7 G Bb7 Eb F# B
Emin7- A7- DMaj7
Emin F7 Bb Db7 Gb A7 D
Cmin7- F7- BbMaj7
Cmin Db7 Gb A7 D F7 Bb
Emin7- Ab7- DbMaj7
Ebmin E7 A C7 F Ab7 Db
F#min7- B7- EMaj7
F#min G7 C Eb7 Ab B7 E
Amin7- D7- GMaj7
Amin Bb7 Eb F#7 B D7 G
Thanks, and keep on your path.
~ Tim Price
We have all remarked when an innocent child speaks their mind and reveals something candid, with no worries about consequences, failure, or judgment that makes us think. We also know there is something envious about that special quality; raw freedom to express with no fears or hang-ups. When a young student drums on a desk, draws on a paper, or sings, sincerity is at its best. And it’s all valid because it’s sincere.
Our attraction to music is a personal one. Sure, there are peer pressures, and multi musical purposes, but somewhere in our hearts we have our own musical tastes. To step forward and play what you feel might be your best move.I feel it’s tragic to not explore music and life through creativity and self development. I respect the ideal of traditional development of needed musical skills but not at the cost of creativity. No one should have to wait some undetermined amount of time to compose something or even think about composing something.Ditto with improvisation. Same with any writing or art. It’s sincere. It’s in the moment.
The path of a true "artist" is a rocky road.
It's like walking up wet glass at times but after a while it's fun.It is your business to keep the channel open.You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you.You'll note a slow emergence almost imperceptible. it will be something you never forget.
Now's the time tell a genuine story, speak the truth, and someone will appreciate it.It is part and parcel of being an artist.
Keep the channel open, and try your best.You'll learn something special.
Been talking to my students about the many aspects of the creative mind set.
Trying to just expand more ideas and thoughts.
Here's some things that I'm coming up with ;
Creativity is the bringing into being something which did not exist before, either as a product, a process or a thought. Right? So let’s apply this to ALL levels of saxophone playing, thought and improvisation.
You would be demonstrating creativity if you:
· Played something which has never existed before.
· Reapply an existing lick or concept into a new area musically.
· Develop a new way of looking at something (bringing a new idea into existence).
· Change the way someone else looks at something.
We are all creative every day because we are constantly changing the ideas which we hold about the world about us and our relationship with it. Creativity does not have to be about developing something new to the world, it is more to do with developing something new to ourselves !!
When we change ourselves, the world changes with us, both in the way that the world is affected by our changed actions and in the changed way that we experience the world. It’s a thought process. It’s past a mouthpiece change..it’s a MIND SET !!
Creative thinking is the process which we use when we come up with a new idea. It is the merging of ideas which have not been merged before. New ideas are formed by developing the current ones within our minds. This evolution HAS to be brought on by practice.
Ongoing creative thinking is the continuous investigation, questioning and analysis that develops through education, training and self-awareness.
Ongoing creativity maximizes both accidental and deliberate creative thinking. It is a quest for improvement which never ends. It is an acceptance of and a looking for continuous change that differentiates between ongoing creativity and mental inflexibility. Ongoing creativity takes time and practice to become skillful. Ongoing creative thinking soon becomes an attitude not a technique.
The first step to take is to learn the creative thinking techniques so that you can use them deliberately to come up with new ideas. You will then be at an immediate advantage to those who do not know how to use them. You should then practice them to increase your skill at ongoing creative thinking. With practice you may even find it unnecessary to use specific techniques because you may soon have too many ideas without using them at all.
By the way...The friend.
COLTRANE.....Velocity and hard work. < Coltrane Substitutions >
My Coltrane inspiration is HOW he did what he did, the pursuit of being inspired from the WHAT AND HOW of the knowledge, as well as the velocity of his genius. The man was one of the hardest workers.Check his six-box Prestige collection, in only a year and a half--the first session being in May 1957, the last in December 1958, he recorded ALL those recordings while touring and playing gigs.
Coltrane chord substitutions of a basic ii-V-I with movement in major thirds creating an augmented triad. This is also know as "Coltrane Changes," etc. I'll post one of my favorites at the end here as well.
Coltrane first introduced this on Blue Train on tunes such as Moment's Notice and Lazy Bird, and later on took things further on Giant Steps.The B section from _Have You Met Miss Jones_ served as inspiration for Coltrane because of the major 3rd modulation from D to Gb to Bb.
Coltrane Substitution:
1) Here is a normal ii-V-I in C major:
| ii | V | I ||
| dmin7 | G7 | Cmaj7 ||
2) Now with the Major 3rds Cycle:
| ii V** | I* V** | I* V** | I* |
| dmin7 Eb7 | Abmaj7 B7 | Emaj7 G7 | Cmaj7 |
This cycle has been used in many re-harmonization, far to many to even list! Here are some of the most accessible- and also the sky is the limit. With some creative ears and imagination they work in rock and pop too.
Standard ; Dmin7- G7- CMaj7
Trane sub ; Dmin Eb7 Ab B7 E G7 C
Standard ;Fmin7- Bb7- EbMaj7
Trane Sub ;Fmin F#7 B D7 G Bb7 Eb
Simile rest of page.
Abmin7- Db7- GbMaj7
Abmin A7 D F7 Bb Db7 Gb
Bmin7- E7- AMaj7
Bmin C7 F Ab7 Db E7 A
Gmin7- C7- FMaj7
Gmin Ab7 Db E7 A C7 F
Bbmin7- Eb7- AbMaj7
Bbmin B7 E G7 C Eb7 Ab
C#min7- F#7- BMaj7
C#min D7 G Bb7 Eb F# B
Emin7- A7- DMaj7
Emin F7 Bb Db7 Gb A7 D
Cmin7- F7- BbMaj7
Cmin Db7 Gb A7 D F7 Bb
Emin7- Ab7- DbMaj7
Ebmin E7 A C7 F Ab7 Db
F#min7- B7- EMaj7
F#min G7 C Eb7 Ab B7 E
Amin7- D7- GMaj7
Amin Bb7 Eb F#7 B D7 G
Thanks, and keep on your path.
~ Tim Price
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