From ZAKEMO@AOL.com Thu Mar 18 17:19:07 2004
Subject:Re: that Leslie sound you hear?

In a message dated 3/18/2004 12:44:08 PM Pacific Standard Time,
dougsloan@neo.rr.com writes:

> If you/I can copy what they play, then we could
> > have been them - that's the bottom line.
>

Big difference in copying something than being the one that put the
right note in the right place at the right time. I've played with musicians that
could copy every note and nuance but couldn't put three notes together
correctly from their own mind. Ran into this while auditioning guitar players
recently. Had one guy that could do Clapton, Hendrix, AND Santana so's you wouldn't
know it wasn't the real deal. Thought we had stuck gold. Then for fun decided
to do, "Jam in A" Never saw a better imitation of a deer in the head lights.
We dropped him like a hot rock! Picked up a guy with half the technical ability
but more heart and enthusiasm and never regretted it. OHF Bob

PS When we do a cover, which is rare, we just pass out the main chords and
words, and go from there without ever listening to the record again.

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