>>There's that... from what friends I had among the musicians, I think they are just too fascinated with what the others can do, and want to do better. One even said there's no way a musician can listen to a band like normal people do; they always listen to how they do it.
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>There is a story - I don't recall the name of the sax player, but back in the day, he was playing in a group on a bandstand, and some drunk approached the bandstand and told him, "I heard you were really good, but all you're doing is playing like Bird." The sax player held out his sax to the drunk and said, "Ok, here, you play like Bird."
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Speaking of which... message #1034456.