Up at 03.50, completed "Lessons From The Art Of Juggling" and moving forward with "DeconstruKtion".
Yesterday I told Adrian some of my plans for him and, in terms of our guitar work, this includes a development of the offset parts which are themselves a development of 1981 Crim's interlocking guitars. I was reminded of Andy Gill's review of TCOL in which he managed to completely miss what was happening in the offsets. "Music is too important to be left to musicians" Mr. Gill commented. Perhaps he would advise that we give up completely, and pass over the torch of music to reviewers who possess his quality of discrimination.
The bulk of this work is mechanical: writing out ideas by hand which, of themselves, move by very quickly. Then, breaking down how the parts are allocated. Then, learning my part. So, an original idea might take a minute to grab as it flies, an hour to write down, and a week to develop before it's available to be presented to the Team. Until I have developed a relationship with the idea, I'm not able to pass it on - it's only notes, not music. When I have a relationship, I can pass on the music.
Sniffle. Sniffle.
11.57
Toyah has called from England and is just off for an exceptionally busy 5 days, even by her standards. And I've moved on from "DeconstruKtion" to my "Crimson Blue" notes from August of last year. This is a blues, albeit in the rather distressed condition that most forms emerge from the Crimson grinder.
"In tuning a note we are tuning ourselves."
