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Only after reaching the point where the situation can no longer be tolerated, in the true spirit, only then should the blade be drawn: and so it was the appropriate time to form tanuki tanuki.

Haircuts, trousers and golf club jazz ballads count for zip.

Music unless practised with spirit and enlightenment is only noise. There is only one choice for music and it is that music should always be true. Water regulates it’s flow according to it’s terrain, likewise the true music.

Resolve to learn Bootsy Collins(James Brown) and Motown bass lines.

All secret/special techniques begin with basic techniques, basic techniques end secret techniques.  Music played as an end in itself is strong and timeless, music played as a means to an end is weak and ephemeral.

The Soul Stirrers

Music goes beyond: both above and below the level of consciousness.

Technique Smechnique : Will Oldham & The Kingsmen

Music has a lifelong presence and more, it’s effect stays and resonates through time. People ply their trade without heart and at these times the music will not be heard: Do not focus on the technical aspects of music, go the heart of the music.

Sit back on the beat

Music is like a volcano without heat it turns to stone: likewise with too much heat it evaporates. Stay in the centre and adapt the principle of the golden mean.

Not a competition

Music aids the pliant heart, the pliant heart has no enemies: music hits everyone at some base level, therefore it can be regarded as a great power so use it well. The music should be listened to with your ears open at low volume, once it has been heard and understood……..turn it up and rock like a mother.

Some people heard and understood for themselves and they make it easier for us:                    

Robert Johnson, Skip James, Son House
Muddy Waters, Etta James, Howling Wolf,
Chuck Berry, Little Richard, James Brown,
Brian Wilson, Sly Stone, Jimi Hendrix,
Gram Parsons, Alex Chilton, Bob Marley, John Lydon,
Chuck D, Nick Cave, Polly Harvey,Photek.