Re: [Harp-L] Genre hoping

["bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I absolutely agree with you 100% on this one. Music isn't only about the notes, it's also the groove and feel, which is often very sublte, but the more subtle they are, often times they are gonna be the most difficult to truly master so that everything you do sounds like it TRULY belongs ther in that genre right scmack in its mainstream. It's a helluva lot easier to be a "jack of all trades, master of none type," but true versatility, which means that no matter what one does, it ALWAYS sounds like it belongs there, especially to those who play any particular genre full time, is the real key and very few musicians of any instrument can truly make claim to that, and those who really can (and they're few and far between), they're always in high demand, even more so if they're drummers and bass players.
That so called phrase "if he can play this, he should be able to play anything," far more often than not is, unfortunately, FAR from the truth. When I've auditioned people for my band and they tell me they can do anything, and in the audition, I'm gonna put the screws to them to make them put their money where their mouth is, and far too often, what too many musicians who brag about being able to play anuything at all too often tends to be a line of total BS. Even the most versatile of musicians are always gonna be better at certain things than others.
Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte


---------- Original Message ----------
From: Jonathan Ross <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Genre hoping
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:13:15 -0500

I think people are missing Ben's point.  If I understand right, he is  
making the case that being a great musician in one genre doesn't mean  
one can or will automatically be a great musician in another genre.

I couldn't agree more.  The world is quite full of examples which  
prove this.  The reason is simple: to be truly great in a genre  
requires dedication to the forms, structures and idiosyncrasies of  
that particular genre.  Also, it requires truly feeling and loving  
that particular type of music to an almost obsessive level.  Those  
things don't translate musical styles automatically.  The former need  
to be relearned, the later reignited.  And all that requires almost  
the same amount of work it took to get to the top of the previous  
genre.  The technical stuff is not quite as bad, but any genre has  
it's own forms and tricks to playing which need to be learned.

Technical and musical gifts are a great start, but without the hard  
work they are no guarantee of success.  And all too often the word  
dilletant is not just an apt description but a rather generous one.



JR Ross
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