From sevush@rcn.com Sun Oct 13 20:35:37 2002
Subject:RE: tuning/transposition/self-teaching advancement...

I also said NOT at the expense of supporting the song.

> I knew I was going to stir up some trouble with this, and I
> bet it hasnt
> started yet . . . but my perspective comes from me being a
> gospel musician
> (read: paid accompanist) and producer of vocal projects . . .
> when I play out
> it's never as part of a band, persay, it's as one of the
> backing musicians or
> the music director. That's not to say that solos are never
> taken . . .
>
> Dan S wrote:
>
> > We can disagree on this.
>
> I wrote:
>
> > > IMHO soloing is not important unless
> > > you're striving for a
> > > solo career, say, Joey D.