I had one of the best comments I'd ever heard on my playing last Saturday. A friend I hadn't seen in a while said, "Damn, sounds good. You've come a long way. You even have your own style." I suppose the style he could have been referring to was "suck", but I don't think so. I've just gotten comfortable with what I can do, and know where to go.
I know I'll never play the mandolin like Mike Compton or Bill Monroe or Chris Thile of whoever the hell--that's just my limitation, but I do a more than passable job at playing like Steve. I also know that I'm constantly learning and being more adventurous with it and try to be more confident in playing like myself, which is easier said than done. I try to kick myself and say, play harder and practice harder, but the minute this stops being fun and feels more like the shit I do every day sitting at this desk then there's something wrong. A banjo buddy asked me if I could pick mandolin on his group's CD today, so I can put a notch on the belt for "Steve-style". For the record, that involves one very red eye and NOT sucking. ________________________________ From: 14strings <[email protected]> To: Taterbugmando <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, November 4, 2009 1:33:24 PM Subject: Re: Norman's sage advice Lot's of good discussions here. Andy Statman's point about completely learning ONE style I take to heart for I am a professional Jack of all Trades and master in none! :) I'm a member of the lazy club too.. I think the intention of the Norman's Blake comment was not to invite laziness but to take advantage of the natural tendency of our own inherent "phrasing". Therefore give the best of what we have unforced,naturally. I don't think Norman was suggesting to leave out chunks of content. Perry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
