I'm so far removed from live playing any more.
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The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing.Jan Hammer
Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.
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I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years.
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The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone.
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If you think about it, the word composing or to compose, means to put together. So, you have to know what to put together and what to leave out.
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It's not really that I didn't want to perform at all. What I didn't want to do was try to put together a band, rehearse, on my own. You know what I mean?
Jan Hammer
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