Charlie Hunter
Charlie Hunter
Charlie Hunteris an American guitarist, composer and bandleader...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth23 May 1967
CountryUnited States of America
music thinking style
Yeah, it's more like playing what you think is appropriate for the moment, not forcing any particular style.
music trios sound
The trio is the biggest sound you can have with the smallest unit.
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Yeah, it's more like playing what you think is appropriate for the moment. It's not about trying to force any particular style within the parameters - and the parameters we play in are pretty large!
american-musician bobby earlier fit people played strong unit
Yeah, well, it did earlier - but as Bobby and I have played together, our thing as a unit has become so strong that they kind of had to get in where they fit in. And most people do.
american-musician change playing
Anyone playing with you is going to change where your direction is.
american-musician fill people
But I just think we've got such a continuity with what we're doing that most people come in and fill in the blanks. And sometimes we leave a lot of blanks to be filled.
american-musician concept course dealing generally people rhythm solo
I mean, in the course of an evening, people will take a solo here and there, but generally it's all about the rhythm of that music. Dealing with the rhythm with everything. That's essentially at least my concept of what that group is.
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And then as we played more and more as a trio, it became more and more of a situation where we realized we really knew how to use the fourth member of the group - that space. The thing about the trio is that it's the biggest sound you can have with the smallest unit.
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It's just a way of trying to get to a third thing that's not particular to any quote-unquote genre. It's been great for me; it's really opened me up and gotten me to use that part of my imagination. It's very scary in a lot of ways, and just as exciting.
american-musician bobby chopped edited home record took
Everything we did, we did live - and then Bobby took it home and chopped it up and edited it. Which is pretty much what they did with every jazz record you've ever heard.
basic changed color cool deciding figured good late light loved paint palate style summer tends time warm
I started doing this style late summer of 2005, after deciding that I loved to paint outside, and that by the time I'd figured out a good composition and color world, the light would have changed completely. The solution? Paint in monochrome. The basic palate tends to be a warm white, a cool white, unbleached titanium, Naples yellow, cobalt or ultramarine blue, transparent red oxide and viridian.
emphasis manage time waste
You've just got to manage your time and do as much as you can, and not place too much emphasis on one or the other. You try not to waste your time.
american-musician defined music
The market didn't define the music; the music defined the market.