Sorry but that's total bullshit. You are either born with a sense of timing or you are not. When my children were infants they could wave their hands in time with music. Also you can't "learn" to play with feel you either have it or you don't. That would be like "learning" to love someone which would make it artificial.
Music is like sports - which is something I'm sure the vast majority of the picked-last musician dweebs in here have no clue about.
You can practice and practice, and get better, but you'll never be as good as the guy that just has natural ability for whatever it is he's doing. Take Tiger Woods for example. Any one of us could study the game, take golf lessons, and practice our asses off. We'll never be as good at golf as he is. Yeah, there are other great golfers, but he has that something inside of him that makes him dominant. Same with Watne Gretzky, Michael Jordon, Joe Montana, Pele, etc. It's the same with music. Lots of us are decent musicians. With practice you can get better. But with all the practice in the world, you'll never be as good as the guy that just has it and only half-ass practices.
And....while you can teach theory, you can't teach rhythm. Some people just can't keep a beat.
I do agree with this. But, i don't think your analogy stretchs far enough, because i dont think musicians need talent to create good music, and isnt that all that matters in the end?
Would you say the guys from greenday, linkin park, etc have a comparable talent level to gretzky, woods etc? I wouldn't, but they're still selling millions of records.
The bands that you listed as your kind of music aren't exactly virtuoso's. In fact they're what i would consider "shit". Who cares, they create music that people like.
Music is like sports - which is something I'm sure the vast majority of the picked-last musician dweebs in here have no clue about.
You can practice and practice, and get better, but you'll never be as good as the guy that just has natural ability for whatever it is he's doing. Take Tiger Woods for example. Any one of us could study the game, take golf lessons, and practice our asses off. We'll never be as good at golf as he is. Yeah, there are other great golfers, but he has that something inside of him that makes him dominant. Same with Watne Gretzky, Michael Jordon, Joe Montana, Pele, etc. It's the same with music. Lots of us are decent musicians. With practice you can get better. But with all the practice in the world, you'll never be as good as the guy that just has it and only half-ass practices.
And....while you can teach theory, you can't teach rhythm. Some people just can't keep a beat.
Music is like sports - which is something I'm sure the vast majority of the picked-last musician dweebs in here have no clue about.
You can practice and practice, and get better, but you'll never be as good as the guy that just has natural ability for whatever it is he's doing. Take Tiger Woods for example. Any one of us could study the game, take golf lessons, and practice our asses off. We'll never be as good at golf as he is. Yeah, there are other great golfers, but he has that something inside of him that makes him dominant. Same with Watne Gretzky, Michael Jordon, Joe Montana, Pele, etc. It's the same with music. Lots of us are decent musicians. With practice you can get better. But with all the practice in the world, you'll never be as good as the guy that just has it and only half-ass practices.
And....while you can teach theory, you can't teach rhythm. Some people just can't keep a beat.
Just because you will never be as good as Tiger is no reason not to practice your swing. .
well, you'd be one of the very many sax players that suck.you can't play guitar and not have rhythm. Sax, maybe. Not guitar.
I didn't say that. Practice all day and night, non-stop, but you gotta understand that you'll never get there. Once a person accepts their own limitations and makes peace with them, then they can really start to enjoy whatever it is they're doing just for what it is. Practice, and get as good as you can at golf, and have a blast along the way. Just don't fool yourself into thinking you're gonna beat Tiger.
Music is like sports - which is something I'm sure the vast majority of the picked-last musician dweebs in here have no clue about.
You can practice and practice, and get better, but you'll never be as good as the guy that just has natural ability for whatever it is he's doing. Take Tiger Woods for example. Any one of us could study the game, take golf lessons, and practice our asses off. We'll never be as good at golf as he is. Yeah, there are other great golfers, but he has that something inside of him that makes him dominant. Same with Watne Gretzky, Michael Jordon, Joe Montana, Pele, etc. It's the same with music. Lots of us are decent musicians. With practice you can get better. But with all the practice in the world, you'll never be as good as the guy that just has it and only half-ass practices.
And....while you can teach theory, you can't teach rhythm. Some people just can't keep a beat.
Music is like sports - which is something I'm sure the vast majority of the picked-last musician dweebs in here have no clue about.
You can practice and practice, and get better, but you'll never be as good as the guy that just has natural ability for whatever it is he's doing. Take Tiger Woods for example. Any one of us could study the game, take golf lessons, and practice our asses off. We'll never be as good at golf as he is. Yeah, there are other great golfers, but he has that something inside of him that makes him dominant. Same with Watne Gretzky, Michael Jordon, Joe Montana, Pele, etc. It's the same with music. Lots of us are decent musicians. With practice you can get better. But with all the practice in the world, you'll never be as good as the guy that just has it and only half-ass practices.
And....while you can teach theory, you can't teach rhythm. Some people just can't keep a beat.
naw your like a talented girl golfer they let play with the men....
I'm the Tiger Woods of the Guitars and Basses forum - and I'm primarily a drummer.
i don't practice. i'm as good as i need to be to write good songs and record all parts to 'em. when i'm playing music it's not fiddling around with scales and rudiments, it's being productive.
The statement is far too absolute for my liking. It is not always an "either/or" situation. There are people with natural exquisite timing, and there are people with none at all. But there is a whole mess of people with a moderate amount of talent that get by pretty well.
There are some who latch onto the groove will little effort. There are others who find it more difficult, but can improve through training and practice.
Music is no different to any other pastime (making furniture, playing golf, racing a car); talent, skill, expertise and knowledge are required to get somewhere in all of these.