From sevush@rcn.com Sun Oct 13 20:22:59 2002
Subject:RE: tuning/transposition/self-teaching advancement...

We can disagree on this. Soloing is always a good exercise, whether you
"need" to or not. It's a very different mindset, attitude and doesn't come
without much practice.

Just not at the expense of comping and supporting the song.

> Solos is a whole different story, but, the type of musician
> that I am, soloing
> is *not important*. IMHO soloing is not important unless
> you're striving for a
> solo career, say, Joey D. If you're not, put soloing work on
> the backburner and
> concentrate on your comping, LH, and runs. As your changes
> get more expressive
> this will help your soloing in the long run, anyways.