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… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
The amazing thing about the cistern is that, if you're improvising in a dead room, you play your note and then you're left with your thoughts and you have to be really quick on your feet and be able to… — 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… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
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… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
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… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
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
