So I was interviewed for an Italian avantgarde Guitar website (Neuguitars)

One word for what I’m talking about - when a free improvisation goes it own way, when everything is working fine, but you dont know why - is ”flow”. A term sometimes used by psychologists describing creative work.
 
I get that-- I had a band in high school-- we all grew up together from ages 4-5 we played well together and all played multiple instruments-- "practice" usually involved a "set" of songs-- then random noodling started with a beat-- or a bass line-- others come in-- adding their bits-- changing their prats--- after a few minutes--- a "groove" would get rolling--- and take on a life of its own--- these could go 5 minutes--- 30 minutes--- an hour sometimes --- it was GREAT FUN

we would record them and play back and find bits to use for actual songs----but the organic nature of the music taking its own course was always very enjoyable---- no hit records out of it-- nothing that ANYONE else would probably enjoy----but a fun time that the surviving members -- though we are old and far apart now --still remember fondly ---and talk about, to this day---

ITs very similar to the noodling I do now-- though sadly-- I noodle alone :(
 
I wouldn’t call it noodling. When one start to improvise, it normally does not sound so good. It just take some time to get it right. I use to say that free form is the easiest music form to play, no modes, no harmonics, no specific rhythm. BUT... it’s the absolute most difficult form to play well. Because of the same reason, nothing to rely on, people just sitting there waiting and you have no tunes, no nothing, except your experience and that expression inside that wants to be released.
 
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