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Thread #119096   Message #2581584
Posted By: JohnInKansas
05-Mar-09 - 02:54 AM
Thread Name: breakneck speed and Irish Music
Subject: RE: breakneck speed and Irish Music
Ah yes, GUEST Smokey. Obviously you're of the "dancing as a martial art" school.

Of course if you're the star performer, I have a hard time seeing why you're playing at a dance. You might as well be on the radio, and then you could call yourself a bluegrasser.

If it's a dance, the stars should be the dancers. They dance in time with their feeling of the dance, and the music should stay in time with them. (If you're gonna claim to be a musician, and not just a rote performer.)

John