Originally Posted by rharv
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Natural talent (or a knack for something) is a thing

I've been in this business for a looooong time. I also used to give private lessons on saxophone. Some people get it quickly, some never get it, no matter how hard they work.

I knew a gigging keyboard player once who didn't have much talent. He played the songs mechanically well. Even after gigging for a living for years, you could see he was working with the keyboard. He was not one with the instrument. Plus, everything was stiff with very little emotional phrasing or dynamics. This is probably why most of his gigs were background music gigs at restaurants. He was a nice guy though. He moved from the area decades ago, I hope he is still gigging.


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