tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post115674013028341030..comments2023-12-04T09:29:06.375-08:00Comments on Casa Valdez Studios: The 'Zone'- shifting focus for performingDavid Carlos Valdezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02338319345488366328noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-17795804704917859622009-10-27T00:04:22.676-07:002009-10-27T00:04:22.676-07:00You might like to try reading Performing in The Zo...You might like to try reading Performing in The Zone: http://www.thezonebook.comjongorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176247994638840391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-1157398526319416332006-09-04T12:35:00.000-07:002006-09-04T12:35:00.000-07:00I agree with David about meditation. My current f...I agree with David about meditation. My current favorite books on the subject are by Chogyam Trungpa's son Mipham. Pranayama works well and has been used to great effect by Charles Lloyd and Sonny Rollins is a well-known yoga practitioner. <BR/><BR/>I read an interview with Sonny in which he said that when he was at his house in upstate New York, he spent his day working on making and eating a big pot of vegetable stew, practicing his horn and practicing yoga. <BR/><BR/>I also once ran into rock musician Skid Roper doing some crazy ass calisthenics outside of Satyricon in the eighties with headphones on. I asked him if he was Skid Roper and he was kind of pleased to be recognized and then I asked him what the fuck he was doing and he told me that he was listening to Iggy Pop and getting in the Zone by warming up so he'd be on top of his game when he got out there.MonksDreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01925609181536862036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-1157050638421718822006-08-31T11:57:00.000-07:002006-08-31T11:57:00.000-07:00Actually, that’s a rumored, not exact, quote.Actually, that’s a rumored, not exact, quote.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713769114820627121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-1156978918278115302006-08-30T16:01:00.000-07:002006-08-30T16:01:00.000-07:00"I've often been asked how I can play gigs so drun..."I've often been asked how I can play gigs so drunk... and I say, it's easy : I practice drunk!" -- Zoot SimsAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713769114820627121noreply@blogger.com