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Old 10-17-2005, 12:05 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I have a good friend who is a classical organist. He currently holds ALL of the "degrees" from the American Guild of Organists. (AGO) For those in the know, obtaining one of these degrees is no easy task. Each one requires a great deal of scholarly work and each is also capped off with performace exams.

My friend is 63 years old and is considered to among the masters of the craft.

He still takes lessons.

Someone recently posted a quote from Doc Severinsen that I think applies nicely as sort of an answer to the question: "You never stay the same - you are either moving forward, or you are moving backward. Which will it be?"

As long as you want to continue to move forward, getting an objective opinion or lesson from someone who might know something that you don't, is probably a good idea.
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