Mark, that's my take too. Brian, I think laziness comes in the genes...we might be related.
On Nov 4, 8:59 am, Mark Seale <[email protected]> wrote: > In short, as a great fiddler told me, "get it right, first. Then figure out > what else it can be." > > Mark > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Dasspunk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is sage advice but in my experience, is too often used as a > > crutch to be lazy. And by my experience, I mean me; and by lazy, I > > mean more lazy than I am now. > > > More sage advice came from Rabbi Ben Hei Hei when he said: "According > > to the pain is the gain.". In my opinion, if you're trying to "get" > > someone's playing or a tune or whathaveyou, you most certainly do need > > to try and you should try and try and try again... and keep trying. > > The closer you get, the more you should try. Great players sweat the > > small stuff. Ask any of them. Unfortunately for us lazy folk, the path > > to the small stuff is through the big stuff (stupid big stuff). > > > Here's my own sage-like advice: you will find your own nuances while > > in search for someone else's. > > > Brian > > > On Nov 3, 2:22 pm, 14strings <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Does anybody here get bit by the guitar flatpicking bug once in a > > > while? > > > > I'm presently on one such binge now. It's fun to jump ship once in a > > > while and makes coming back the mandolin fresh. > > > > Anyway I was watching Norman Blake's first Homespun guitar video and > > > he said something that I've heard before but the way he said it made > > > it finally sink in. He said, and I paraphrase "I want you to get the > > > idea of what I'm doing but I want you to do it your own way this way > > > you'll play the best of what YOU have to offer" > > > > In other words it's really difficult to get the EXACT nuance of > > > someone elses playing and should we even try? Or should we get the > > > general gist of it and play what comes naturally to us? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
