--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote:
I really appreciate what you wrote Ann. I know you have a deep appreciation for the arts and people who try to live by their art. As I'm sure you know every artist just has to follow their own inner muse. I play music the way I like it, to please my own tastes. It can only be that way for the kind of blues I play. So I am really not too vulnerable to anyone expressing something here. I have put in too much time in front of people actually listening to my music without some agenda, so I know I am not the only one who hears the music as I do. And musical taste is so personal. I would never hold it against anyone who hated my musical style. There are some I don't like. And it is the same with philosophy. I don't care if someone doesn't share my beliefs or lack of beliefs here. I seek out people who see the world differently. Good intellectual boundaries means that I can accept that we can agree to disagree about our beliefs and not feel threatened if someone thinks I am crazy for my choices. Your points wer a sensitive ones and it was very cool of you to lay it out in such detail. Thanks. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Or maybe, shock horror, Nabby just doesn't like Curtis because > > > of his opinions about Marshy and so tries to insult him whenever > > > he can in whatever way he can. > > > > > > Perhaps you want to quiz him about the term Hillbilly why you're > > > about it? > > > > > > Very funny. Nabbie has never heard my two CDs so he is basing his opinion > > on a few random videos on the Web. > > > > And of course he is welcome to not liking what I do for any reason. > > > > I just objected to the racist term he used in his latest putdown so that > > was what my post was about. His previous insistence that I am not playing > > black music but instead "hillbilly" music showed how deeply he has thought > > about the whole thing. > > > > He obviously does resent that I think his whole gullibility routine > > concerning how crop circles are actually mating beds for bigfoot is very > > silly. Or is it aliens or Maitreya running around sideways on the ground > > like Curly in the Three Stooges? It is so hard to keep up with all his > > foolishness. > > > > It is funny that people think that saying they don't like your art is going > > to hurt an artist. As if everyone is a pop star who needs to be "liked" by > > millions for their income. I just need to be liked by the person who signs > > my check for my next gig or who buys my CDs. That is the freedom of Indie > > music. > > Well, I would like to say a couple of things here. I do not think that others > should criticize the art of another because of something they do not like > about the artist unrelated to his art. I think the mere fact of making art, > and music is definitely in this category, is something that, among other > things, can bring out the vulnerability of someone. I believe that if one is > willing to stand up in front of a group of one or one thousand then that > person has opened themselves up to those people in the very act of making > their art/music. I feel that it is a very poorly-aimed punch to go after > Curtis, or anyone, by targeting what they do as their passion, as their > creative thrust and as their "gift" to the outside world. And because of the > passion and the love behind your desire to make and share music you obviously > put yourself out there and it gets heard. > > No matter how much I may agree or disagree with your position on various > subjects or how we may jibe at each other I would never attack you by > belittling your music, Curtis. I respect you for what you do on the streets > and in your paid gigs. It is not easy. I have seen some video of you > performing and you are givin' 'er. You give your body and your voice and you > exude the knowledge and love you have for your genre of music. I applaud you > in this. You add something good to this planet with your art. When someone > attacks that they attack some of the most sensitive part of a human being and > they should have a care. As far as I am concerned that area of your life is > off bounds unless it is relevant to what is being discussed or explored. > > > > > > I appreciate the intention behind your post. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Issues concerning race and the history of the blues is > > > > > one of my favorite topics, personally and professionally. > > > > > Thanks for the writing prompt Nabbie. > > > > > > > > Translation: Thanks, Nabby, for providing something I can > > > > use to get back at you (by shifting the context) for > > > > insulting me. > > > > > > > > > Nabbie's use of the them "wannabe Negro" joins a long > > > > > dark history of racist terms > > > > > > > > Unless, of course, it's not a racist term. > > > > > > > > > disparages not only black people, but the whole human > > > > > endeavor of the arts. If we identify any form of art by > > > > > the race of the person who invented it, we are denying > > > > > their brilliant artistic ability to express feelings > > > > > common to all races. > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Renaissance > > > > > > > > > If we ridicule a person who performs a style of music as > > > > > being a "wannabe" of the race who invented the style, we > > > > > are saying two things. That only the people of the race > > > > > who invented it can legitimately express themselves in > > > > > that art form, and that races are simultaneously shut > > > > > out of certain art forms because of their race. > > > > > > > > Or maybe "we" are saying the person so designated isn't > > > > very good at performing that style, that they don't meet > > > > the standard established by the folks who invented it. > > > > > > > > Whether accurately or not, that seems to have been what > > > > Nabby was saying: > > > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/338208 > > > > > > > > So how about it, Nabby, are there some white performers > > > > you would consider "genuine negroes" in this sense, who > > > > *do* meet the standard? > > > > > > > > > > > > Or maybe, shock horror, Nabby just doesn't like Curtis because > > > of his opinions about Marshy and so tries to insult him whenever > > > he can in whatever way he can. > > > > > > Perhaps you want to quiz him about the term Hillbilly why you're > > > about it? > > > > > >
