Spence republishes Captain Beefheart’s Ten Commandments for Guitarists. May I spend more time following these than I have in the past, as they are right-fucking-on.

(5) IF YOU’RE GUILTY OF THINKING, YOU’RE OUT

If your brain is part of the process, you’re missing it. You should play like a drowning man, struggling to reach shore. If you can trap that feeling, then you have something that is fur bearing.