[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Dying -- Copying

Robert S. Ringwald robert at ringwald.com
Thu Sep 27 00:59:02 PDT 2007


Larry Walton wrote:

(snip)
The biggest problem with records is copying.  This is a yin and yang type of
problem.  How do you learn licks but if you do are you just cloning another
musician? and is that jazz?
(snip)

When you are starting out, there is nothing at all wrong with copying.  A 
big time musician once told me, "If your gonna copy, copy the best."

--Bob Ringwald K6YBV
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