My roots are in improvisation and I am an improvisor at heart, but I have done so much of it for so long that at the moment I am enjoying writing solid musical pieces. Live shows as an improv unit can be spotty, but when it hits it's pretty amazing. Getting through a night where it just isn't happening is painful though. The nice thing about having rehearsed material is knowing the performance is gonna be solid. Most songs I write have room for improvisation/interpretation within them anyway, which helps me from getting sick of them too fast. I definitely get sick of songs if I play them too much, though.
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