Comments on: Timeless Advice to Musicians from Thelonius Monk

By: Ivan Pena

Ivan Pena — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:39:19 +0000

That’s what I thought Eric, but he swore he did that to the guy on purpose to mess with him. I dunno…

By: Eric Snider

Eric Snider — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:58:52 +0000

I’m pretty sure this wasn’t meant for his drummer — it begins “just because you’re NOT a drummer — but it’s still cool stuff. I’m going to speculate that is was either for his tenor player Charlie Rouse, who joined the group in ‘59, or it was for his entire band. Nice find!

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:45:59 +0000

Good stuff…Here’s another companion piece from Thelonious Sphere Monk that everyone suffering from “Cover Band Mentality” should read:

“Don’t play what the public want-Play what YOU want, even if it takes the public 20, 30 years to catch up.”

By: btreotch

btreotch — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:46:14 +0000

that’s awesome..