Re: [Harp-L] Re: Stevie Wonder known as a harmonica player?

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 27, 2010, at 4:01 PM, David Fairweather wrote:

> .   The lp was "The 12 Year Old Genius",

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And THIS is where people get brainwashed. Stevie made an LP but that  
doesn't make him a 12 year old genius just because someone? (whomever  
that could have been) says so. It could have been the record  
producer. It could have been his step brother guardian.

It makes him a 12 year old who made an LP. The fact that he is hard  
of seeing means that he was a 12 year old sight challenged boy who  
made an LP. The fact that he made the LP makes him a 12 year old  
musician who is very talented for one so young and with so many  
handicaps. It makes him wonderful (sic). But genius? I don't think  
so. Genius is an over used term. Just like star. There was a time  
when a person could work all their life and never reach star status.

Lately, even child artists are stars. By the time they reach  
adolescence, they are 'super stars'. Then 'MEGA stars'. Whaaaaa? Naa,  
I agree with Richard Sleigh. The term is too limiting....and  
intimidating. It stifles creativity.

smo-joe
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