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In the neighborhood that I grew up in – in New York on Long Island – there were a lot of musicians. For some reason, that time in history in our town in New York, everybody played. So it was all around me.

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I’ve listened to musicians who say that using a metronone makes you robotic, that it decreases your ‘feel.’ That’s ridiculous. Either you have feel or you don’t. Feel is one of those intangibles that can’t be taught. But if you do have feel, using a metronome will allow you to play cleaner – and that’ll make your ‘feel’ have more, well, ‘feeling.’

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You can go on YouTube now and see young kids with massive technique. There’s literally eight and nine year olds who can play amazingly. There’s no limit to where you can take it.

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May 3, 2024

You can go on YouTube now and see young kids with massive technique. There’s literally eight and nine year olds who can play amazingly. There’s no limit to where you can take it.

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May 3, 2024

I’ve listened to musicians who say that using a metronone makes you robotic, that it decreases your ‘feel.’ That’s ridiculous. Either you have feel or you don’t. Feel is one of those intangibles that can’t be taught. But if you do have feel, using a metronome will allow you to play cleaner – and that’ll make your ‘feel’ have more, well, ‘feeling.’

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