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Bill Dixon
American Musician
Born: Oct 5, 1925
Been Music Musicians People Work You
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While everyone has a right to his or her opinion, the people who are informed have more of a right. Bill Dixon
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The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed. If you have five players in a situation where the music is being improvised and one is determined it is not going to succeed, it won't succeed even if one of the musicians takes control. Bill Dixon
Music You Musicians Control Situation Everyone Magic Determined Takes How How Much Five Improvised Going Being Where Wants Succeed Much Even Players Playing
I have been using delay and reverberation since the middle 1960s. I use them to make what is almost inaudible to the ear, audible. I do not use them to play loudly but to make the higher harmonics heard. Bill Dixon
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If I produce it, I will stage it as a performance. A small audience will be invited; rehearsals of the sections will be done in the mornings, and those sections will be recorded in the afternoons. Bill Dixon
Will Stage Those Sections Recorded Small Mornings Performance Invited Audience Done Afternoon Produce Rehearsals
Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don't continue the art because they can't make a living. Bill Dixon
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I do not, as a rule, do encores. When I have finished playing, I have indeed finished playing. I have nothing left; there has been no reserve. Bill Dixon
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I think people who sample are cheating. It is like people who do collages. Use all of your own stuff. Bill Dixon
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If I had money, I would like to get an old building, have music performances, do lithographs, have shows of paintings, and do those things that I'm interested in doing. Bill Dixon
Music Money Old Building Those Would Had Performance Like Doing Get Interested Paintings Shows Things
Whatever I do, I attempt to do it fully. I try, and don't always succeed, to be thorough. There are musicians who do not know their worth, and if they knew it at one time, it has eluded them. I know my worth. You try not to dwell in the past. Bill Dixon
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If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations - something that I imagine could be troublesome. Bill Dixon
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