Finding Harmony: Kevin Flournoy's Musical Journey with Professor Jimmy Cheetah - Mick Unplugged

Yeah. Early on, my first couple years in college, I was studying under Professor Jimmy Cheatham at UCSD in San Diego. He started opening my mind and to being able to do that. That it's not just about if you're going to play the piano with a vocalist, it's not just about playing. It's about being able to understand what they're trying to project and then play and support them. So that was the first inspiration in my mind. And also he would say, after you graduate, everybody's going to want to hire you if you master this. And you know, I was 18, 19. I said, okay, you know, so I'm listening to that, listening to professor and I started adopting those techniques. And it's about a person hearing your music to being able to breathe with it. Like you inhale and exhale. A regular life cycle. It's life. So if you're playing a lot, you got to stop playing so the ear can breathe. And then it's a whole concept of doing that and.