A tip learned from none other than Quincy Jones, who said he learned it from Avant the booking agent:
"Practice stating the largest sum of money you can without stuttering in the mirror every morning!"
This is how Quincy ended up being paid what was then the largest sum of money for a single movie underscore when he was called into the "Heat of the Night" project.
He blurted out the sum of money required and the boss did not hesitate, just said, "fine!"
He only found out later what kind of a good deal he had managed to make.
Go for that gig, man, because if you don't I might...
--Mac
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"Keep listening. Never become so self-important that you can't listen to other players. Live cleanly....Do right....You can improve as a player by improving as a person. It's a duty we owe to ourselves." --John Coltrane
"You don't know what you like, you like what you know. In order to know what you like, you have to know everything." --Branford Marsalis
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