[Harp-L] Fantastic Article

[Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://lifehacker.com/5913295/theres-no-speed-limit-the-lessons-that-changed-my-life

This article, by CD Baby founder Derek Sivers is titled There's No Speed 
Limit.  He tells how he acquired semesters worth of Berklee harmony and 
arranging knowlege in a few lessons.  I can't recommend this enough.

Caveat: as an adult you really can acquire knowlege very rapidly - you've 
learned how to learn.  However, learning a musical instrument is more than 
just picking up a body of knowlege.

Some people, not many, can get good at an instrument very quickly, but 
because there's muscle memory involved, along with acquisition of a strong 
sense of time and the acquisition of the language of musical feeling, along 
with the development of one's own language, learning an instrument takes 
more work than acquiring a background in jazz theory.

That said, I think this is a very inspiring article for musicians just 
learning to play.