[yonmon]

Originally Posted by banjoman

When I was learning to play music, the thing I really liked was being able to take an existing tune and put my own preference/style on to it. If its a choice between an updated version of "we will rock you" or the crazy frog going bing bing baaahhh I know which one I will take

But isn't that the wonderful and glorious and de-lovely thing about this nebulous art-form which we all love..and immerse ourselves in when we pick up, or sit in front of our respesctive instrument (s) B-Man ??.
We can use the imagination, motivation, and sheer genius from the compositions/works of 'the Masters'
( From Bach to Gershwin..to Coltrane et al!) to send ourselves down a road of sheer joy and emotional satisfaction ...and I am more than certain that every time we perform someone else's work, that what flows from our fingers or from our Larynx is far from the
image which the composer had in mind !!.
In respect then of this fact...that we are free and able to interpret the creations of the very best writers and composers that ever put quill to manuscript,,,we are so very, very, lucky !!.
Whether or not we should force these 'personal' interpretations into someone else's auditory pathways and for financial profit..is another ( and I suppose,more protracted ! ) matter altogether.

It seems that we share opinions on this....
Respect to you..and all who attempt to make music sound as it should ( but often fall short !).

'What me Worry ?'...Alfred.E. says that I should do
when I try to wear my erudite hat !!!.