Lawrie,

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With respect, I think you do yourself a disservice. I know people who have worked their backsides off to learn to play well and have never succeeded. They simply don't have the native talent. They have nothing more than a wish to build on.



I'm not saying everyone can play or sing, because it isn't true.

But I've seen TONS of people who could learn to play if they were willing to put the time and effort into it. But they're not willing. They think it should just come "naturally"!

The only people I've seen who are capable of of being "good" or "great" singers were people who had that talent without any coaching or teaching. They can still sing better than most of us, ............. and they don't even have a clue what key they're singing in! But they can do it.

That is a "gift".

You're right about being able to reach certain levels of "mastering" an instrument being a "gift" or "talent".

It's just something that comes at a much higher price than being able to sing well.

For me, that means it should be seperated on a musical plane.

An analogy would be like telling someone to go into the next room and "pick up" a diamond. (That's the singer).

Then you tell the other person to walk a thousand miles and pick up one just like it! (That's the musician, or instrumentalist, if you will.)

It's just not the same thing.

Bob
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