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Thread #78214 Message #1424472
Posted By: GUEST,Art Thieme
01-Mar-05 - 08:31 PM
Thread Name: Folksingers who are research historians?
Subject: RE: Folksingers who are research historians?
Marion.
It's a l-o-n-g process---over many years. One thing leads you to another----one song to another----one singer to another---one city to another to another...
It seems that you have the right insincts!! Be happy with the process and cultivate patience; More will be revealed to you that way.---The ENTIRE road IS the GRAIL !!! Enjoy and marvel at the steps you take as you take them. This is a path to discovery and adventure of your own making. TRUST that path you make on your own---while following hints and breadcrumbs dropped by the mentors and heroes who mean the most to you---the ones who are great on their own. But do not copy note-for-note.
Invent your own cliches based on the cliches of those others; then you will have your own voice, your own style, your own vision that others can and will point to and say, YES, that is Marion."
I envy you if you are, as you sound, at the beginning. Enjoy the treasure hunt.