Re: [Harp-L] Blah Blah Blah...> Jug Band link

[BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 2/22/2007 11:53:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
BiscuitBoy714 writes:

 
In a message dated 2/22/2007 11:16:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jsterett@xxxxxxxxx writes:
 
       As I was reading this something a  good friend of mine said to me 
jumped right out at me. "Randy quit trying to  play to the musicians in the crowd, 
they probably didn't even pay to get in  here, play to people that paid to 
get in." A couple of years later this guy  "made it" in Nashville and 
me............well.......I'm still playing. The  fact of it is though, when what you 
like and what the crowd like coincides  that's the best. IMHO 
      Randy

W. Bee  writes:
"The most important person to please is your  self."

there's a point I agree whole-heartedly with.  I've been  in bands that 
started with a bunch of us just having fun, playing for  ourselves, and moved onto 
playing out.  with this approach, we achieve  some level of success as far as 
people digging us and being invited to play  gigs and festivals (as opposed to 
having to scrounge and scuffle for every  gig we could get.)  in a few of 
these bands, there's been a member or  two who lets this small measure of success 
get to them, and wants to try to  capitalize on it by shifting into the 
territory of presuming to know what  the people want to hear... which has always 
ended poorly for that individual  or the whole band.  My point, to echo Warren's 
sentiments... how can  you please anyone else if you're not even pleasing 
yourself?   






 
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