Advice from Thelonious Monk
 

Supposedly from a notebook belonging to Steve Lacy:

that is fucking awesome. I love ephemera like this. thanks

Amazing. Amazing. I love Monk. Thank you for this!

"Don't play everything (or every time); Let some things go by"

--This quote is probably the best way to sum up Monk's magic.

I really like this one: "Make the drummer sound GOOD."

You've been -FUPPETED-

I have to admit, I don't know what that means. But thanks (?) anyway.

click the big picture in his sig haha

Really good shit. Alot of his advice i've been given from good friends and have therefore given to my band. & it's all true. No matter what kind of music you play, this advice should be the first thing you learn

Ahhh, you put it on your blog, I see :)

DDD, agreed. You don't have to play jazz to apply these rules and thus improv(e) your music.

It's weird I was following the thelonious gospel and didn't even know it!

edit: oh yeah rob, btw I just checked out yr blog for the first time. impressive! u put alot of time into that shit man!

everything he says is true.
Monk was the shit

I also only now have checked your blog, and I am sorry, for my own sake. Great stuff there.

BRILLIANT.

excellent, thx

except Rob, where are The Harlequins in the 'For your ears' section??!!?

My favorite musician ever. Awesome.

do you know if this is supposed to be his actual handwriting or notes someone else jotted down?

i hope it's his because it looks like mine

"they tried to get me to hate white people, but someone would always come along + spoil it."

hahahaha

that is probably Steve Lacy's handwriting.

I am guessing that Monk's writing would be quite cryptic.