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RE: Lesson teachers

Author: steve
Date: 1999-08-23 21:34

this may be a devil's advocate response....my clarinet teachers were all superhuman educators who taught me over 20 years just as much about life as clarinet, but I am self taught (beginning in my early 20's) as a guitarist and banjoist....I found that snide, hurtful, criticizing "advice" from players more skillful than me were just as useful as those from folks who wanted to share their knowledge and friendship with a beginner...I just ignored the buzz saw crap of their personalities, ignored their insults, stole their licks, knowledge, and techniques, discarded their bad habbits and limitations, applied my musicianship assimilated from my clarinet instructors and band/orchestra directors, and, in a few years, started getting their gigs...its great to have good teachers....there is no greater gift, except possibly the subject material they profess...and I was willing to endure anything to learn music...

s.

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