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I was never in band, I can't read music, I learned by ear. I just bought a metronome and started practicing rudiments very recently, after playing by the seat of my pants for more than a decade. I frequently wish I had a more formal education (and never picked up some bad mechanical habits that have been hard to break), but who knows how I would've turned out. So, I'm happy to be where I'm at now.
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There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your
expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio
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