Am I missing something? Where did these last two posts on Bruno come
from? They seem very out of context for what seemed to me as a focused
response to a question. Nobody is arguing better or best or jazz not
jazz. I'm just a little confused, a lot of time and effort was spent
to respond to something that I do not think exists in this posting.
Not trying to cause trouble, just confused....
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--- In jazz_guitar@y..., "Mark Stanley" <bucketfullopuke@y...> wrote:
I guess I would like to put my 2 cents in as well. Ya know,
I graduated High School early and just practiced jazz guitar
14 hours a day before going to Berklee. When I got there I
really got bitter from this whole guitar player attitude,
which maybe I had to some extent, where music just becomes a
contest of who's better and yadda yadda. I had to quit
playing for a year because it made me so sick.
Like this comment:
if I spend ten years studying music, scales, chords, harmony
I am most likely not going to dig Punk and I may be angry
and feel that it is unfair that no talents are making big
money, etc.
I try not to get caught in this head of, I am so much better
than so and so who is rich and famous...why not me? Do you
really think it should bother you (or me)? I mean most of
the record buying public does not know chromatic harmony,
etc. And it's kind of weird that the ones of us who are
studied and maybe more talented than your typical MTV band
(I cant think of any at the moment), usually are so
hyper-critical of people who are actually doing well in a
career as challenging as jazz. Everyone has their own ideas
of what good music is and I agree it is relative to mood,
age, drugs if you're on them, other factors, too. If Jimmy
Bruno is "whatever", and I still have not heard him, I
imagine it's who he wants to be. He is obviously real good
or we wouldnt waste time discussing what we do or dont learn
from him, but ya know, for me sometimes I'd rather hear The
Residents or The Clash (oh no, Punk) or Zeppelin or Hendrix
or Elton John or whatever the hell I want and I have a
degree in jazz studies from NYU and have practiced forever
and studied w/ some greats, etc. My point: Let's maybe lose
this "because I play jazz I am so much deeper and heavier
than anyone" attitude. It usually just means that you are a
self-hating ass.
I have played gigs where a guitarist comes up to me and does
this "Hey man, i really dig your playing, but you dont bend
enough notes" or "play more like Jeff Beck" or someone
else.....Why are these idiots, and yes it's more often
guitar players than other instruments, so in need of
advising me on how to make music? Do they think I'm making
so much money that I should be doing the job differently? I
mean, I've devoted a life time to music and I really dont
expect to get rich from it and at the moment cant even
squeek out a living. If you think your going to make more
money because you know the right scale to play on a D dim.
chord, you are sadly mistaken. So if it is really just about
art, for my entertainment I'll put on Trout Mask Replica by
Captain Beefheart and there hasnt been a more creative album
mentioned on this forum. That's my opinion....
Mark
