improvisation

Improvisation is intimidating.  It reveals a musician’s weaknesses.  It betrays a vocalist’s range.  It exposes a guitar player’s “go-to” riff.  It uncovers a keyboard player’s one-dimensionality.  When the band begins to go off-script, some musicians slip in to the background hoping to remain unnoticed.  Others brashly try to overpower everything to show off their “talent.”  Very few [...]