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Forum nameThe Lesson
Topic subjectI didn't say it was genetic... I talked about *community*
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2912288, I didn't say it was genetic... I talked about *community*
Posted by AFKAP_of_Darkness, Fri Dec-12-14 03:52 PM
ie it's social

I actually wanted to say something about how "coming from the community" could also include a white kid who grew up in or near "the hood" but I thought that might be getting ahead of myself.

I'm not suggesting that great Black music is something that emerges spontaneously from Black people just because they're Black... but it's ridiculous to deny that there are distinct social ingredients that make the music from a particular social context what it is.

So yeah... black musicians have to work hard and practice.

The conservatory-trained cellist works hard and practices too... maybe even more than the average Black blues player.

But the average conservatory-trained cellist couldn't play the blues with feeling even if you wrote it down on the sheet music for him. And that has nothing to do with how much he has or hasn't experienced actual suffering in his lifetime.