[Harp-L] Gunslingers

[robert mcgraw <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

We've covered this territory many times before on harp-l, but why not again? A couple of thoughts:

1] When I play music with a gunslinger approach, the music suffers. It's when I lose my ego that the magic happens...

2] Competitiveness comes naturally to human beings; it is a part of our nature, I would argue. If you  think Charlie Parker and Dizzy and all those be-bop guys were never being competitive at those late night jam sessions...

3] So I agree, music is not a competition; but people are competitive [as well as cooperative]...it's a dilemma I think.

So let me pose this question: If you feel competitive, how do you deal with it in terms of music? How do you let go of it? Or maybe you don't, or maybe you aren't competitive?

WVa Bob   
 		 	   		  
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