Scott Henderson Discussion

[markbogan]

1. Do you usually work through a composition in a single sitting, or are ideas saved and brought together over time?

2. Do you sequence excerpts as you are composing, or is it all chicken scratch on paper until a completed draft exists?

3. When/If you get to a point of not hearing the next part of a piece, do you have any type of quantifiable strategy that helps you find it?

4. Do you take a lot of ideas from previously improvised recordings (sessions etc...), or do you start with a blank slate and simply produce?

5. What percentage of your time is spent at the piano vs.. guitar for composition?

6. How much input do you take from the others in your groups as far as tune structure/arrangement? I.e. do you bring in rough ideas, or fully polished works?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Mark Bogan