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What is your greatest joy in improvised music?
The disintegration of self.
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What quality do you most admire in the musicians you perform with?
Deep listening, timbral curiosity, commitment.
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Which historical musician/composer do you admire the most?
It varies from day to day! But currently I've been thinking a lot about Coltrane.
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If you could resurrect a musician to perform with, who would it be?
I'm not too interested in wishful thinking.
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What would you still like to achieve musically in your life?
A career spanning 50-60 years.
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Are you interested in popular music and - if yes - what music/artist do
you particularly like?
Currently really digging Horse Lords. Is that popular music?
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I always want to be better at being present.
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Which of your albums are you most proud of?
All of them.
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Once an album of yours is released, do you still listen to it? And how
often?
Basically never. I'll usually listen to it once around release day, but aside from that, I've usually had enough of it by the time it comes out...
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Which album (from any musician) have you listened to the most in your
life?
There are so many...
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What are you listening to at the moment?
Checking out a bunch of stuff that's been released in the last month or so - the new Mary Halvorson record, the new Tim Berne record... I always try to stay on top of what's going on currently.
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What artist outside music inspires you?
James Joyce, David Foster Wallace, Thomas Pynchon
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