Re: [Harp-L] standards

["Splash" <celtiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just like I didn't understand why I was mandated reading Shakespeare,
Dickens, Hemmingway, Emerson, etc... in school.  I know now that every
writer I studied, and memorized, and parsed ad nauseum, helped me become a
better writer.

PEACE
Scott
Believe in Magic!
----- Original Message -----
standards


> I've never fully understood the concept of jazz standards. I'm a song
writer
> and playing standards always seemed like being a cover band.