I remember being on Hawaii when I sailed to Hawaii. It felt unsettling to be walking around there because I was thinking, "This place could just sink at any second." In actuality, it totally can. But it really felt like,… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
Usually when you're playing with other people in not such a reverberant room, you have to be quick on your feet and think about stuff really quickly. But inside the cistern, it was almost like I was at home on my computer arranging and taking time thinking about the next step, the next note. Instead, the room was my collaborator.… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share
Writing for chamber ensemble is the thing that excites me the most. So when I went down into the cistern, I didn't know that… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
I was going to say is that I come from a rock background, but also I was super interested in jazz for a long… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
Arranging is sort of the most exciting part of making music right now for me. I really enjoy the process of arranging because you're… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
I guess travelling that kind of long distance and travelling at such a slow pace, it wasn't something that I was thinking about when I was inside of the cistern, but when I started hearing the music played back to me for the first time by an ensemble, it totally brought me back, immediately, to memories of sailing. And it… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share
I can start playing ukulele and then I'll go to a note that I think will be there, but because of the tuning, it's… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
It's kind of like being a writer in the sense that you always hear other writers say, 'Well, the best way to start writing is to just start writing.' The same goes for improvisation. You want to start improvising, just start playing notes. And the more you do that, the more comfortable - or not comfortable - but I guess… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share
People always say that music is a universal language. It was very, very true. We could show up anywhere with any people speaking different… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
Of course, right away I got more interested in the far-out jazz than the traditional jazz, so I quickly was turned onto the John… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
I remember being on Hawaii when I sailed to Hawaii. It felt unsettling to be walking around there because I was thinking, "This place… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
One interesting thing - I play bass and guitar and stuff like that. I know those instruments really well. But I don't know how… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
I did one year of school and I was doing correspondence school, which was actually another happy accident. Correspondence school is basically home school,… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
