Message: 10
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 21:00:17 GMT
From: "bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Genre hoping
To: jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx, Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <20091209.160017.6509.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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