User blog comment:Vel!/Music/@comment-160.94.192.220-20141231173154

Vel!, I wonder if you'd think of free improvisation as somewhat like diagonalization? If playing "in the moment" means playing something uniquely indebted to the music so far yet nonetheless beyond its simple continuation,... One improvising musician I know talks about trying to "short-circuit" himself--looking at his playing so far, identifying the tendencies he's relied on too much, then leaving them alone or going in a different direction.