by warrbeat » Fri May 22, 2009 3:10 pm
I'm so confused... firstly some of the finest musicians in the world play in symphony orchestras yet play a piece written 200 years ago note for note and are admired around the world yet guys who beat out All along the watch tower with their own persnal twist injected into it in a bar for beer and a few bucks are not musicians and some say not musical?
So what these self righteous starving musicians who feel it's ok to have crappy skills, gear, marketing and training in the art of engaging less than their 30 university buddies in someone's parents basement or at the local pub for the door seem to think about my history as a drummer is this:
-I've played in an original band or two so I'm a versed and creative musician
-I've played in a band who played covers and slipped in our own originals so I'm financially feeding my love for originals by demeaning myself because we could get the dance floor filled and keep them there
-I've played in a band who's set was original music that was created before my arrival therefore I have no creativity and am tantamount to cover band slug... yet the band is playing originals (interesting twist eh?)
-I've played in a touring band doing covers and originals being pushed where ever the agent shoved and behaving exactly the way we were supposed to such as every other puppet on a string but then again we played some originals (another interesting twist)
-I've played in a cover band playing tunes people haven't heard played either before or in a very long time incluing tunes we have twisted around...but I'm a sell out
-Finally, I've played bands where the creativity comes out from the people on stage as they enjoy playing their instruments together under the guise of covers (in most cases for the first time together live) for people who obviously have no sense of how musically depraived they are being when we start to play.
Man oh man... I sure wish I could be a musician someday.
By the way, I have not yet been in the situation where I can find a group of musicians who would like to write in the style of music I would really like. If what they say is true, I will never be a musician... I definitely don't enjoy and I mean this in absolutely no slight to anyone here in this cover band polluted city and I'm pretty safe in saying this, the music of a vast majority of Musicians here in this city. For the most part I do appreiate the fact that they are doing it. As someone said on that incestuous piece of crap site Giraffe Cycle .... At least I'm still playing....
What do you mean "White men can't groove"?