On Apr 11, 2006, at 9:04 AM, Chris Michalek wrote:
rainbowjimmy wrote: "Most kids in a high school band can do this."
And MOST harmonica players can't, this is exactly my point.
And that only matters if you want to do studio work where the
expectation is that you'll nail the piece on the music stand in one
take. Otherwise, the whole point of playing a musical instrument is
to get the sound that's in your head out of the instrument and into
the ears of your listeners. With that newfangled recording
technology, it's no longer necessary to write down the notes.
Chris you're attached to your ideas about musicianship. Is Buddhas'
Groove just a hip, intellectual name for your band? Have you given
any thought to how a practicing buddhist might deal with this issue?
So here's a question for you: is a story teller that works in the
oral tradition less of a story teller than a novelist?