> Take it however you want. I am not an elitist. And I stand by > it; > it's good advice. I think a lot of people don't know what to do to > improve, and don't realize whats wrong when it doesn't sound right, and > they don't feel comfortable asking their peers, and don't have anyone > to go to for lessons. I am talking about the boondocks here, not San > Francisco or D.C. or Seattle or Boston.
Okay, thanks for explaining your positions on this stuff. It's good that we've come to some understanding about this topic. We do actually agree on alot of this stuff. I"m not as anti-competition as I was before this discussion started, and hopefully you understand where I am coming from when I say that competitions are something that I have to personally avoid. Believe it or not, all of this stuff used to bother me alot more a couple years ago. Now I'm mostly just tired of being frustrated by it. The fiddle isn't the only instrument I play, Scottish music isn't the only type of music I play. My paycheck doesn't depend on my next gig. So what the heck, I'm just going to make music and enjoy it and forget what anyone says about it except that small minority of people who know anything about what I'm trying to do. I think that's an attitude you can appreciate. Toby Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
