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June 2014
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: I knew a singer once who couldn't read a note of music. But when she got lost she'd go over to the pianist and start pointing at his music as if he was lost and she was helping him. She even did it on TV once so everyone watching thought it ...
May 2014
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: Why do pianists do so much more with their right hands than their left hands? --Leftist Dear Leftist: It's a gesture of cultural understanding. In some eastern cultures the left hand is considered “dirty" because it's used to cleanse the butt after evacuating. For ...
April 2014
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: How do you decide how many choruses to take? -- Long Solo Dave Dear LSD: How do you decide how many miles to drive? How much meat to eat, how many lights to turn on, how often to flush the toilet? When it comes to ...
March 2014
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: What do you think about the whole transcribing thing? Studying the best players, transcribing their solos, and learning to play like them. I thought jazz was supposed to be an individual expression. -- Trying to Be Myself Dear Trying: Look, when you transcribe a solo ...
February 2014
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: What's up with singers who count off tunes so quietly that not all the guys in the band can even hear it? Then half the band starts up and the other guys kind of flail their way in. It amazes me because it would be so easy to fix, but they ...
January 2014
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: Why is it that whenever I go to a jam session, the best players are the meanest? Does that mean that I have to become a jerk if I want to get good? --Still A Nice Guy Dear SANG: Sounds like you're buying into ...
Mr. P.C.'s Best of 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: I was playing at a club in town, a pretty fancy place, the gig all the guys in town want. On the break a pretty woman in the audience came up to me and complimented my playing. So far so good! But then she asked if I play professionally--right in the ...
November 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: When is it okay to sub out a gig if I get called for a better one? -- Holding Out, Eagerly Dear HOE: Here's the problem: If you take the better gig, who's to say that you won't get called for one even better than ...
October 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: What do musicians mean when they say they're “using space" in their solos? --John H. Dear John: Obviously if they're “using" space, they're doing something to it. And in music, pretty much the only thing you can do to space is fill it with a ...
September 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.:Is playing ahead of your time the same thing as rushing? Gregg B.C.Dear Gregg:What a great brainteaser! Look, if you're someone who rushes, then rushing is “your time," right? You can try playing ahead of it, but you'll soon catch up with yourself. The only way you can ...
