Everyone's got different motivations for playing...maybe its generational? The real challenge is playing with other people. If someone is shredding their way through 32nd note runs on full blast and not giving the other players a chance to be heard... not very many people are going to find it fun to jam with them.

I agree on reading music.... but more important is knowing chord/scale theory; How to transpose songs for singers. Knowing how to blend into an arrangement, etc. I rarely have had to read music like a pianist unless I was learning a classic piece or pre-arranged jazz chord solo.

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