Joanne Brackeen on being a shy person

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Joanne Brackeen discusses the ability of music to communicate

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Joanne Brackeen discusses her methodology in working with other musicians

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Q: “What do you do with players who aren’t on your wavelength, for lack of another word?”

A: “If it's not somebody who is playing real loud. Sometimes if they're kind of on the wave length but a little bit off, I'll ask them, you know, to play a little softer and that works. Because I can make them sound to me like I want them to sound, which you know, it doesn't take away from how they want to sound. But if it's something loud, then it's just, you know, I don't see any reason to play. I mean, if it's like a drummer playing loud, then there is nothing you can do about it and if it's not the vibrations that you need to feel for the music then, then we play without the drums or whatever it would be. But I seldom run into that, maybe because I'm in New York and I'm surrounded by a lot of people that are capable.”