I don't see where the 'going through the motions' thing comes from.
I absolutely love playing different styles of music, whether it's rock, jazz or country I always give 100% to the music.
The key word there is 'MUSIC', I play music I don't care about the genre.
I think that too many people have a 'hang-up' about genres and styles, they like to 'pigeon hole' stuff. What everyone ultimately plays is is music.
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Will Lee never just goes through the motions, he makes everything groove.
Here's Janek Gwizdala, who's a jazz cat playing with V V Brown, he's definitely giving 100%
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