More Than Just What's Required
On Jul 17, 2008 7:13 AM, Leonard Jones wrote:
When I was in music school I bought a dictation machine that used regular cassette tapes to learn the solos from people I wanted to play like. People like John McLaughlin, Jean Luc Ponty, Larry Carlton. I would painstakingly transcribe their lightning fast solos by slowing the tape down.
Problem was, it put the songs in a different key, so I would also have to transpose them up to the original key. I got zero credit for this in school, but I was the best player there.
When I am looking for someone to pour into; that is one of the traits I look for, someone who does more than what’s required.
When I was in music school I bought a dictation machine that used regular cassette tapes to learn the solos from people I wanted to play like. People like John McLaughlin, Jean Luc Ponty, Larry Carlton. I would painstakingly transcribe their lightning fast solos by slowing the tape down.
Problem was, it put the songs in a different key, so I would also have to transpose them up to the original key. I got zero credit for this in school, but I was the best player there.
When I am looking for someone to pour into; that is one of the traits I look for, someone who does more than what’s required.
posted by The Free Patriot at
7/17/2008 03:08:00 PM
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