If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?

I continue to explain that plot inconsistencies in B movies are consistent, and should not be allowed to undermine one's enjoyment of the action, nor the fundamental credibility of the storyline: the good & bad guys are clearly delineated & easily recognizable, the hero duffs over the baddies, things blow up loudly & spectacularly, the good guy wins. Entirely credible.

Use your ears to record and your eyes to video.

If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.

The concern of the musician is to play the music. It is there demanding to be given sound to.

The way we describe our world shows how we think of our world. How we think of our world governs how we interpret our world. How we interpret our world directs how we participate in the world. How we participate in the world shapes the world.

Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence.