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Hi! Started playing in the late 60’s and carried on studies at school until a professor told me that I had no hope of ever being able to improvise – said I read great and would could make a living as a legit player whatever that meant, but found it very disappointing. Kept up with the horn and went other directions with music but always felt like this was something I could enjoy listening to but never really participate in. I was too old at the age of 18. Been chasing it ever since, so I’m hoping that I can make it happen now. I’ve kept my hand in over the years but figure now is the time. Videos are great – fingers are crossed.
We used the term legit to refer to legitimate which to us meant classical players. I guess the rest of us weren’t legitimate!
Sounds like now IS the time for you…good luck with it.
Johnny
Interesting – I always thought the legit players were the ones that could improvise. I remember someone saying once that, in the beginning, all music is improv, in the end, it’s all interpretation. I think that’s part of what was so disappointing. It’s always better to be at the beginning than at the end. Thanks for being here.
if you can sing somone elses song but put a different twist on it and not sound like a karoke singer, then plain and simple thats the basics of improvisation – trouble is it works the other way round, if you are a crappy singer. and people don’t want to be honest with you, they often complement for not singing it like the original – i did it my way!
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