Vibing?

[christianm77]

we're all insecure , even bird was , its the human condition

It's easy to forget that when you look up to someone... Although it must be said, some great musicians seem to a more at peace with themselves than the average person. That's not a general principle though. There are some great musicians who are deeply unhappy, or so it seems.

[pingu]

But still it's best to adopt good ol 'sticks and stones can break my bones, words (or in our case- bad vibes) don't hurt me'...

I used to believe that .... but now I'm older I know its BS
ie words can hurt ....

[christianm77]

I so dissagree with that ....
where did you get that idea ?

I mean to say - there is a difference between being excited and being exciting.

I got this idea from playing lots of gigs, listening back to recordings and playing close attention to what musicians I admire have to say about their process.

When I get carried away - too emotionally involved in playing, or worse still, trying to create a feeling, the music doesn't work. Usually, I rush.

There is a sense of getting carried away with music that is legitimate - in fact probably the Right Way to play music... The flow, the zone or whatever label you give it... but it has a very different feeling and it's not something that comes from within but rather passes through you. This can be characterised sometimes with an emotional release.

But I can't access it if I am overheated - I need to be calm and collected. Cool.

The main function of vibing (it seems to me) is knock the other guy out of his flow state. This can be done for a number of reasons....

On reflection I think 'keeping you emotions in check' is kind of too simple a way of saying it. Perhaps 'not getting wound up' is better. (That said the guys on the '64 concert were pretty wound up and they sounded amazing. They did get faster though haha.)