Improvisation enhances musicianship by opening up your ears and deepening your understanding of how your instrument functions, leading to a more immediate relationship with the music you create.

I find that collaborating with different musicians helps me think about instruments in new ways, especially since a significant portion of my music features guitar.

Recording myself forces me to make decisions and improves my performance by allowing me to critique my playing.

Musicians with strong improvisational skills have been able to create interesting results using our primitive sequence generation tools, turning it into a collaborative game rather than just a tool.

When improvising, I often focus on the Dorian, Lydian, and Mixolydian modes, as they frequently arise in my teaching of improvisation.

Improv taught me a lot about team dynamics and the importance of setting up my teammates for success. It's about not being the star of the show but helping others shine, which is a valuable lesson in management.

Artistry begins with exploring how far you can push your interpretation of a piece, rather than staying within a tight sphere of traditional interpretations.

Singing while playing can help you feel more confident and understand where the notes are in the melody, and to strengthen your melodic playing, it's important to identify where you breathe in the music, as it helps form the line of the melody.

It's essential for students to play pieces that many others play to understand their own level and build their identity as musicians.