Originally Posted By: Bass Thumper
This is an interesting thread but I notice there is an important concept that hasn't been mentioned . . . Quality.



That's because it's not an issue.

No two of us are alike. I never tried to memorise a song. Like sight-reading, it came naturally to me. If I had heard or read it and payed attention, it was in my head. Transposition, likewise, was never a problem. If playing a show, I watched the performance with one eye while looking at the conductor with the other—never the book as I had it memorized after the second or third rehearsal.

I didn't know it was a talent till others told me they couldn't do it—just how my brain worked. I never studied for tests in school nor kept a calendar.

Of course, I took it for granted till, one day, it was gone. I lost that ability completely along with the use of my left arm and leg. I don't miss my memorization skills that much though it pains me to keep a calendar. I can still sight-read anything and still get gigs. I really, really miss playing guitar and bass but there's not a thing I can do about that.

Oh well.

It's either all "quality" or none of it is. I vote for "all".

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