Sometimes, I’ll work through it, and sometimes, you know, you might have to make a couple of test bottles or test wines, and it helps you get closer. But if I don’t stop, I might get on the machine here and make five tracks, but I know that they’re not really worth anything. I’m just working through it to emotionally open up the bigger picture. So, when I get to the stop, I just keep making things. It may be a track that has two notes, and there may not be anything but the hi-hat pattern I’m proud of, man. I might be like, “Oh, you know what? Let’s erase everything else, and let’s build around this.”
Trombone Shorty (Troy Andrews)
Or, ultimately, I just wait. I try to work through it most times, but if I can’t get anywhere, I just wait, and I sit in quietness, and I ride in the car with no music or I walk down the street. The streetcar may be coming by, and the screeching might spark something.
Blending Jazz & Wine featuring Trombone Shorty & Winemaker Christopher Carpenter [online video], Cardinale Winery, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w27bZF4XIIE, (accessed 6 January 2024).
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