Originally Posted By travlin'easy
Originally Posted By Dnj
That said today's arranger KB's pretty much ALL sound good or can be made to suit any player if they so want to. The days of NEWER is better is fading fast..the only thing that should be getting better & better is your playing skills. Happy New Year


Donny, you reinforce my point. Improving playing skills requires endless hours of practice, something young people are not willing to do. They want instant gratification at the end of their fingertips on a 5-inch screen. You see this every day of the week, youngsters who would panic without the Smart Phones in their hands.
Gary


Wow, I am really in a DISagreeing mood today wink

The South Kingstown (RI) High School has 75 to 100 kids in the Symphony orchestra ... plus more in the marching and Jazz bands ... a couple of years ago the captain of the soccer team played first cello in the symphony orchestra and qualified for the sate-wide high school symphony orchestra ...
In Mamaroneck NY where two of my granchildren attend, along with the school bands and theater groups, there is a program called Performing Arts Curriculum Experience which is totally separate from the school curriculum ... there are about 100 kids in this program who learn to sing, dance and perform all on their OWN time ...
I think we have to recognize that all is NOT lost with our youth ...
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