Smithi20

I can´t help contributing to this thread, it brings out the naughty boy in me! For 18 years now I´ve owned, and had to take responsibility for all I´ve played, I´m in the enviable position of creating music with wonderful players, like Derek Bailey, and most recently Vinnie Golia, what a sweetheart! The true point of my choice was that although I liked interpreting... I felt that there was much left unsaid that could be created and developed by me (he says modestly!) and although I am relinquishing a certain amount of control to the other players around me, I find that self expression and spontaneous composition is the way i feel most comfortable as a player. To hook this back to the thread, when interpreting others´work, owning the piece should feel so fresh that you feel like you´re creating it on the spot.