At 2:42 PM -0700 6/22/02, Linda Worsley wrote:
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>Ah... we did that.  We recorded some of the stuff live (with really 
>good performers), and he was able to see many of the problems.  That 
>was the point where I was able to pull him back to the piano/vocal 
>version... reducing each song to its basic form and content without 
>a gazillion synth flute diddleydiddleys and impossible runs and 22 
>part chords on other "instruments".  That was the point at which we 
>began to make some progress.  Before that, it was just "that's my 
>vision" (oy) and "I'll just have to find players and singers who CAN 
>do it." But the live experience (they did it all right, and did it 
>well, but they rolled their eyes a lot, and the result was not what 
>he expected.)


I get that from my students a lot - "But it's what I WANT!" to which 
my response usually is, "Then DON'T want it, because it's bad! Want 
something GOOD instead." That usually gets a laugh out of them, 
because I'm not as tough as that answer makes me sound. But it gets 
them thinking along other lines...

Christopher
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