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Re: [ARSCLIST] Rosemary Brown
On 31/01/07, Steven C. Barr(x) wrote:
> Having participated in...and in some cases hosted...approximately one
> gazillion (give or take) open-stage all-comers jam sessions over the
> last .25-century , I can personally that there is a surprisingly large
> gap between the number of people who THINK they have musical talent
> and the much smaller number of people who actually DO!
The problem is that people think they can do things by inspiration,
without any kind of organised instruction or training, not even working
systematically through a self-tutor book.
>
> My personal "worst-case scenario" was this poor chap who wanted
> desperately to be a blues artist...but who had absolutely NO
> understanding of chord changes (even among the three chords that make
> up 12-bar blues...?!).
That at least would change after a couple of lessons, unless the person
was extremely stupid.
> As well, I recall a poor (apt description!)
> female singer-wannabe whose performance was literally that of "Johnny
> One-Note"...she started the song more or less on key, but stayed on
> that same note for the length of the song (or however many verses of
> lyrics she knew...!).
Regards
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Don Cox
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