Chuck Israels wrote:
I find myself aligned with the two Davids - thinking about and entering
the music more or less the way they describe as natural to them, but I
can't tell if that's because Finale's Speedy Entry methods have trained
me to be that way, or if Speedy just suits my way of operating. My jury
will be out on the subject until I have spent some time trying out the
other method. When I'll take time to do that is anybody's guess, but I
will give it a try, because I've seen those MM guys (mostly Tom Johnson)
fly with it.
[snip]
One thing I find disingenuous about "experts" in any field telling
others what works best, whether it Suze Orman telling others what would
be the best way to handle their money or Deepak Chopra telling others
what's the best way to deal with stress in their lives, or Chuck Norris
telling others what's the best way to get into shape, is that all
they're really saying is "This is how *I* can do things best so
obviously that will be the best way for *you* to do things, too."
Tom Johnson may work very fluently in simple entry -- he may well have
had a lot of input into how it works so it may well have been improved
around what works best for Tom Johnson, rather than simply being
improved in some sort of a vacuum and then Tom simply trying it and
working at it until he mastered it.
So whenever anybody, but especially a corporate somebody, tells me
something is great I always take it with a grain of salt and add a
silent "for *you* maybe" to the remarks.
And because of all the "gee, this works for me so I'm an expert and this
is how you must do things" crap I see floating around me, I have taken
to trying hard not to make such statements for others, preferring
instead simply to be truthful and say "this is what *I* find works best
for *me.* I'm happy to show you how I do things but you need to know
that you may find my methods don't work for you and you may need to try
something different."
--
David H. Bailey
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