Charlie Hunter
Charlie Hunter
Charlie Hunteris an American guitarist, composer and bandleader...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth23 May 1967
CountryUnited States of America
play way fickle
I never do anything to strictly satisfy a fickle, ever-changing commercial world. I do the music I like to play. It's the only way I feel comfortable existing in the industry.
jam band shapes
I certainly hope my music is in no way, shape or form influenced by anything that would be known as a jam band. If it is, then I'm going to do something else.
white stripes records
I do dig the White Stripes. I like the record they have out now.
player guitar needs
But I've come to the point in my evolution on the instrument where I realize that I can't play the same stuff that just a guitar player or organ player would play - and I need to embrace that in a big way.
want jazz kind
That's the exact concept behind the music: to take that kind of, I guess whatever you want to call it, jazz sensibility - but not have it be about solos.
player space magic
So it's really hard for a horn player to comp. But I'm totally into trying to switch those paradigms around and find a little magic space where that works, and try to mine that.
thinking issues focus
That's the thing that we said about the horn before: it's a focus issue. It's like a singer versus a drummer. If a drummer's playing a drum beat, and a singer starts singing, what do you think the audience is going to do?
music thinking style
Yeah, it's more like playing what you think is appropriate for the moment, not forcing any particular style.
music trios sound
The trio is the biggest sound you can have with the smallest unit.
american-musician feels hitting intuitive trying
Ultimately, at the end of it, it's just trying to get into that space where you feel like you're hitting the right thing and you're making music. And it feels intuitive rather than being counterintuitive.