Re: Practicing by playing songs

Lumpy expounded in news:6aaehgF3683odU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

stolarskin wrote:
29,000 is Lumpys idea.
I think it means that it's
futile to believe that you will achieve
enlightenment.
It's like believing that "Master the Fretboard"
will make you "Blazingly Fast".

29,000 is the number of scales you have to
memorize before you're allowed to start
playing songs.

Lumpy

Whoa.

What is the life expectancy of a male guitarist?

Snark.
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