Part 1: Studying/Learning your craft (Acquiring Basic Technique, A Means to Imaginative Infinity)
By Jeremy Shaskus
“You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand,...
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