Make Those Mistakes
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Inspirational Music Thoughts
Sometimes the wrong notes can be the right notes. I find that very often you can, in fact, turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse. I’m talking about musical composition here, but this interesting possibility probably cross-pollinates into all of life.
Seagull Over Atlantic Ocean at Sunrise by Darrell Young
As an inspirational music composer I’ve found that I often can come up with a new and original melody through my instrumental bumbling. The greatest improvisatory musicians probably would back me up here when I say that in improvisation, mistakes are more likely to be viewed as opportunities rather than wrong notes.
