[NewMusic] Booking / 'Usual Suspects'

[Matthew Goodheart]

On Aug 21, 2007, at 12:52 PM, Phillip Greenlief wrote:

> PG:
> My point was in response to Matthew's post about the 5 Spot, et. al -
> that by giving musicians a stand on which to play regularly allows the
> predetermined work to grow...my point is that it doesn't matter  
> whether
> or not the music is pre-determined - if a group plays regularly, they
> get into some really amazing stuff. At least that's how it seems to
> work...of course, there are exceptions.

Yes, my point was sort of how these things reflect particular co- 
evolving conceptions: in short the times fit the music and the music  
fits the times.