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The click or use of a metronome is not the secret of "life"

First and foremost it's an aid,when your timing is not good or when your learning MUSIC it teaches you and helps you.

That is why you saw those large triangle metronomes on top of pianos and students practicing there piano with them since who knows when.

Playing with a click or working on proper techniques will not make you sterile sounding and emotionless.

If someone has no musical groove or soul so to speak it's got nothing to do with a metronome.

George Benson & Carlos Santana play with tremendous feeling and emotion and I'd bet my life they can play to a metronome.

It's just seems an excuse not a perception.

Cause here's the deal and bottom line, when you play live and jam you DON"T use the click track. Recording with the click has it's big importance, practicing with it has it's big importance..
Which all leads to ONE important thing.

Being able to play without it........
And nobody ever bringing it up when they hear you. See?