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Originally Posted by ljguitar
Hi rick-slo
I could see that as a very-remote-possibility if an otherwise diverse and curious player stops growing musically, and only improvises.
Otherwise, why would it stunt one's growth and skills? Even after reading your post and thinking about it, I guess I still see improvising as a way of expanding ones range of skills and development.
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One of the first rules is to absorb. I have heard a number of people who have started out doing their own thing, and continue to do their own thing to the exclusion of what's around them - their playing usually consists of dabbling and noodling, is unfocused and unpolished. Now, if they are also working on faithfully absorbing material from other sources, figuring out how they go, picking up new outside techniques, styles, and some practical theory, then fine of course.