The quality of instruction is very high at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. It's not about being a rock star. It's about the fundamentals of music, theory and technique on a particular instrument, and playing in an ensemble or private setting.
From Flea
I like the idea of acting. Of all these things I've done, sometimes I think I've done well, and sometimes I think I didn't do well, but they are more cameos, and I come in and be crazy.
With acting, I always feel conscious of what I'm doing.
I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Lester Young - all of these incredible musicians.
Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
We must improvise, and we must experiment, and we must do things that might go wrong, and everything we bring - the people and the equipment - must serve us in that goal.
We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild and intense.
The apparatus has to serve our improbability and improvisation. Being good and playing the songs is not enough.
I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.
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