From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017071121580098773-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > The Beatles didn't follow that articles advice as to quitting their club   
   > cover gigs and getting a day job ..... no, they didn't.   
      
   But the did quit being CopyCats when they got serious and started writing   
   Originals, and realized that That's where they wanted to go...and a Great   
   choice it was!   
      
   > They are just one, but a big one, example of a band that was playing club   
   > gigs then gradually shifted to recording.   
      
   I don't think it was all that  gradual, rather more  like a plane taking off   
   before the runway runs out, to describe the  situation in aviation terms ;)   
      
   > The article advised not playing cover gigs, in fact it suggests stop   
   > playing out altogether until you have your golded 10 song set of hits.   
      
   I think that suggestion was made to encouraget those hooked on being   
   CopyCats to kick the habit, lest they keep returning to the sewer when there   
   are better things ;)   
      
   > That's a crazy plan. It's crzy even if it works one time in a million.   
      
   The idea was to get those hooked on forever doing CopyCat gigs to give up   
   their habit IF their habit was based on their Love of Filthy Lucre and the   
   shortsightedness that would  otherwise keep them from actually making more   
   Filthy Lucre with Originals.   
   And the article also implied that the suggestion didn't necessary apply to   
   everyone.   
      
   > Musicians need to play music. They need to listen to other bands and have   
   > a clue what's in style.   
      
   What about their MAKING a style, namely their Own?   
   That is another reason for Originality!   
   The Difference between serious Originality and CopyCats is that CopyCats are   
   Followers while those who  are Original are Leaders!   
      
   And Leaders get somewhere while Followers can Never get out of the rut,   
   because Nobody can truly get anywhere by further wearing out the already   
   well worn out path made by previous Leaders!!!   
      
   > They need to know the names of the strings on their guitars.   
      
   > I've never met Ian, but have seen the Tull  live three times.  My brother   
   > has personally met Anderson and talked to him.  Oh, and I was at one of   
   > Ian's solo tour shows a few years back. Rubbing Elbows or something like   
   > that. Small theater, him and some band guys but not the Tull lineup. He   
   > talked a lot between songs, did a few Tull things, and stuff off his   
   > various solo albums.   
      
   How cool is  that!   
      
   Being a studio musician, which I was at various points in time,   
   absolutely requires that you know and can mimic different styles of   
   playing.  That's really about the biggest qualification you can bring   
   to the job.   
      
   > I have two friends who at various times moved to Nashville and learned   
   > this lesson. They both learned rather quickly that real players can   
   > actually read music, or at least chord charts.   
      
   Chord charts are as far as I usually go, just to get an idea of how a song   
   goes, because I'm always arranging ;)   
      
   > Why that surprised them is beyond me. I knew early on that all that " he   
   > don't read a lick of music " crap was just that, crap.   
      
   It's not crap if the  musician can simply hear and play practically in real   
   time. Working  with any kind of notation other than what enters my ears   
   really slows me down. In the band my Soulmate and myself recently played a   
   gig in, last Saturday, the  guitar player is really good at calling out   
   chords but I reassured him that he doesn't have to go to all that trouble   
   and rather should just play and I'll get it in real time like I always do ;)   
      
   > Of course they read. And many actually have degrees.  The idea it's all   
   > just raw talent is a complete myth, made up to keep people from going   
   > there and competing.   
      
   I'm not into competition, in fact, I'm Sick of it! It's too negative, it's a   
   conflict and confrontational, in other words, warlike, and I'm a genuine   
   hippie who truly believes in making Love, not war...and the  Love Vibe   
   *requires* that mentality, and that's what I'm into!   
   In short, for myself competition is what Music can Never be about if it's to   
   be Awesome!   
      
   > If you can convince all the kids that understanding what they are  doing   
   > will harm them, they'll be a lot less of a threat. In that they won't be   
   > competing for chairs in the studio :-)   
      
   I've picked up theory along the way and often explain it in ways that are   
   seldom if ever taught conventionally.   
   But actually playing using it in real time is far tooooo slow for me since I   
   'read' with my ears ;)   
      
   > Not sure yet. Early ones. The 45's.   Didn't work on that any more today.   
   > It was a day of rest.   
      
   Jim   
      
   We only have one Beatles song in our setlist, "Things We Said Today".   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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