So, as many of you know, I’ve started a PhD. I’m looking at Improvisation, specifically the audience experience of improvisation. And it’s ‘practice based’, so the real focus is the audience experience of my improvised music.
“Why not just look at improvised music, at playing it?†Good question, imaginary Internet questioner. I think the main motivations are that
- this seems to be a massively under-explored area, and
- I kind of know what I’m doing with improv – I could write it up and record a load of music, but I needed some other focus to help me dig deeper into it. Thinking more inwardly about what I do and why didn’t feel like a journey I needed to go on right now – at least, not any more than it’s already one that I’m on every waking hour of my life anyway…
So the audience experience, as it relates to my music, feels like a rich and worthwhile area of exploration for a number of reasons. Continue reading “Thinking out loud – Improvisation”