following on from essential listening, how about essential reading – a by no means exhaustive 5 essential books for musos – feel free to email me with other suggestions…
- Beyond The Bass Clef – Tony Levin (stories, tips, anecdotes. Genius)
- The Inner Game Of Music – Barry Greene (probably THE most important. A life changing book)
- Effortless Mastery – Kenny Werner (tonnes of great advice here, in amongst some new age waffle. Enough top quality wonderfulness to more than warrant the cover price)
- Improvisation – Derek Bailey (his writing is way more exciting than his music, IMHO – a fascinating book)
- The Jazz Theory Book – Mark Levine (much more nuts ‘n’ bolts that any of the others, but pretty darn comprehensive!)
There you go.
SoundtrackPrince, ‘Sign O’ The Times’; Joni Mitchell, ‘Travelogue’; King Crimson, ‘Discipline’; Stevie Wonder, ‘Songs In The Key OF Life’.