A principle is universal, a rule is inflexible, a law is invariable Music so wishes to be heard that sometimes it calls on unlikely characters to give it voice, and to give it ears. This wishing-to-be-heard calls into existence the Performance Event; where music, musician, and audience may come together as one, in Communion. This…

A common assumption of the counter culture was that music can change the world, and this was a primary moving force in the formation of King Crimson. So, the good news: music can change the world. The bad news: it comes with musicians. Part of this common assumption was also that, even simply by listening…

Dear Crafty, When things are going really, really well it doesn’t always feel that things are going really, really well. So good to persist just knowing that things are going really, really well. Robert FrippThursday 22nd. December 2022Bredonborough, Middle England

If music is a benevolent presence constantly and readily available to all, how are we constantly and readily available to music? We need to be present to music. This implies, we have to be present to ourselves. So, how?  If we disagree with the possibility that music is a benevolent presence, we have to be…

Affirmation One: The benevolence of the Creative Impulse is inexpressible. We cannot know this benevolence, while accepting that Benevolence knows us better than we know ourselves. Affirmation Two: Love cannot bear that even one soul be denied its place in Paradise. Affirmation Three: In strange and uncertain times, sometimes a reasonable person might despair. But…

As a practice of prayer deepens, prayer becomes less a question of giving a list of jobs to Mr. God, and accepting that this is work for us. There are subtleties: how we engage with, even impossible, undertakings may never be seen; and may be as simple as the presence that surrounds us. Robert FrippMonday…

This is a wonderful time to get creating and get musicking. This is why musicians and artists are in the world. When we are shovelling the horseshit that we see on a daily basis, it’s when we are most needed. So, although we are allowed to say – look, this is a bit too much…