A jazz musician once told me βIf I make a mistake while performing I make sure to do it at least twice more, so people will assume Iβm just being avant garde.β
I'm zealous about this being a perfectly fine way to make music though. It's just Bob Ross's "happy accident" philosophy applied to music! And we love that in painting so why not music!
Had to get that off my chest, thanks
It is absolutely standard in jazz improv if you make a mistake to always play it again so it sounds deliberate. But three times? -- that guy WAS avant garde
I was once in a marching color guard. We were taught that if we get lost in our routine, stop and march in place to look like it's intentional. The biggest competition, of course, I had to do this!!! I melted inside but our commander didn't even know it happened so... That kind of planning works.
Pretty much yeah. Thereβs also the thing how as a beginner you just get encouraged to play the wrong stuff then as you advance youβre convinced thereβs a right way to do everything only to go back to playing wrong stuff
Iβve done this with lighting. Made a bad judgement or hit the wrong button. And Iβm like, βwell, letβs just make it look like I meant to do that and do it somewhere again.β Usually works; most people donβt notice or think it was cool.