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Good post, Rick.. thnx.-- Nature/ Nurture? What does it matter. To what we apply our neural capacity , becomes us. Choice is the driver. I like to think of music discipline, in its most essential form, as Craft, and like all Craft, it can be learned by any willing to invest in the learning curve. Would we say that Carpenters and Plumbers have to be born with the nack in order to become gifted in their craft? Probably not. Not one baby is born knowing how to read a blueprint or swing a hammer. Of course, some have more proclivity for one learning curve over another. I certainly know young musicians whose nimble embrace of new music is both inspiring and demoralizing to witness. But even a shmuck like me can learn to play music well enough to bring a smile or a tear to the listener's cheek. I am reminded of joining Bill and Rick Walker's amazing band, World's Collide ages ago-- I auditioned as a guitarist but was asked to bring my keyboard to the first rehearsal. I told Rick, "but-- I don't really play keyboard." He said "but you own one right?--You have one working finger?.. Ill show you the parts." And so it is that I began playing keys.. My instructor, a drummer!! - a great drummer indeed-- but a one finger keyboardist! In time, I managed to get my other 9 fingers into the game. I may never be Chick Corea (or a Scientoligist for that matter). In fact, I will probably never have the facility on keys that I have with guitar or with my voice. But the instrument is definitely in my arsenal now and not because I was born a keyboardist or even a musician. Only because I put in the hours, one finger at a time. :) Daniel On Feb 16, 2012, at 12:20 PM, Per Boysen wrote: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote: >> http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/02/a-neuroscientist-debunks-the-myth-of-musical-instinct/253125/ >> >> >> Interesting and thought provoking........not sure whether I agree or >> not but >> it >> sure raises a lot of questions. > > > Thanks, that was interesting! My own experience is that learning > becomes easier the older you get. But it only works if you're leading > a learning life in general. And it's not because you become "smarter" > with age but because your brain can make more synapse associations for > each new step. Instead of drawing a totally new knowledge map in there > the older brain just goes > "ok-been-there-done-that-been-there-as-well... DANG!!!! Ah, that's new > so let's connect here, here and here". It hooks up new stuff to old > experience, but a little bit differently this time. Just my personal > theory. > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.perboysen.com > http://www.youtube.com/perboysen >