Branford Marsalis' take on students today
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i too teach voice and i agree with your completely.
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TRUTH!!!
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This is the truth.
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Tell it like it is Brandford!
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dude this is funny!
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Marsalis has his shit together.
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As a voice teacher for 25 years, I totally concur with Mr. Marsalis. I am also a student, as I continue to hone my craft as an artist. A gift maybe given to you but your ability to develop it is a life time achievement.
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I've read the comments. Most of those who don't get it, won't get it. Branford isn't saying anthing new about the culture. He's dead on about the students mainly because there are so many more. Too many programs and not enough talented kids. Also progams filled with teachers not players. Besides being right in general he's not alone. I'm saying in general he's dead on but players still emerge. Getting jazz , playing music, improvisation. College is only part of it. BFA don't mean you can play.
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Open your eyes people! The Marsalis are a family of musicians, who have all worked their arses off and who play for musicians above all.
On Youtube how much rubbish gets incredible views? (i.e. autumn leaves on two guitars). How much does complete shit get praised nowadays? Consider in the 19th century amateur-musicians knew how to read, write and compose music. The amateur of today hardly knows how to play. We are slowly degenerating into morons without any sense of direction, even musically.
giovannibulgari 1 year ago 20
yeah, the main thing in my opinion, is that Branford proly doesn't consider himself as a jazzman (hence the ' ' ;) As far as i'm concerned, he's showing the way since the 80's (i'm really aware of who he is since Spike Lee's Mo'BetterBlues) but reading some of the comments on this page leads me to think that most of people don't really know what he's done actually and when they hear soem real talk like here, they're like 'Get off your high horse...' pff ignorance is bliss...
Fjord76 in reply to ImaniHekima (Show the comment) 1 year ago 7