Originally Posted By: rayc
Originally Posted By: Mike Halloran

Biggest laugh of my day.

When the meter is running, those who can't handle the symbolic stuff never get hired again — even in Nashville.

Although lots of pickers work who can only handle Nashville Numbering or Roman numeral chording, those of us who can read music do work more.


Except, of course, folk like Glen Campbell who couldn't read any notation and had to be told the chords but Brian Wilson & others kept hiring him. Exceptions to all rules and rules for all exceptions.


Glen Campbell is your example? Now you’re being silly. For the record, though he couldn’t sight-read notes, he had no problem with chord charts and I don’t care how many places you read otherwise. Though I did some dates with him, no reason to take my word for it. Carol Kaye did hundreds of sessions with the man.

Carol Kaye and James Burton on Glen Campbell


Originally Posted By: Roger Brown
A little history to clear up some misunderstandings/misinformation about the numbers system. It That was the primary reason it was developed and implemented. Not for musicians who didn't know how to read music (although there has been a great number of amazing session players over the years who can't read music at all), but to speed the process up. …


Thanks, Roger. My point exactly. If you can’t keep up in the studio, you are costing others money. Keep doing that and no one hires you.

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