Mike - I'm not a paying student, though I do consider myself an unabashed Taterbug YouTube leech. I don't have the history or personal interaction with you to back much of this up, but I know what I like and I've loved what I hear.
In my professional life and history I've done my share or reviewing for scientific journals and having my own manuscripts reviewed for publication. My experience is that much of the time detractors are just projecting their own issues. They can all go to hell. If you're kicking your own butt back into a gear the you find acceptable, then well you're a better man than me most of the time. Sometimes I feel like I wrote the book on procrastination. Cheers, Tater. Can't wait to see where you take your music from here! Jason On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 22:09, mistertaterbug <[email protected]>wrote: > Folks, > I've gotten more than a few calls/emails over the course of the last > couple days wondering if I was out on the roof of the house. The point > of my "manifesto" as Dasspunk called it, was to say that I've begun to > be frustrated with where I find myself and some of the particulars > about what changes I feel I need to make. I'm having to make changes, > yes. Some of them feel impossible, but I think worth the doing. I'm > just becoming tired and concerned of my lack of ambition and poor work > ethic. I am a procrastinator at heart and a person who will just put > up with things for a long time rather than move ahead. So, I figure > I'll get productive. This is nothing new. These things have been on my > mind a lot over the past 10 years. Sure, I've got some things going. > I've got more work on the books right now than I've had at this point > in the year as far back as I can remember. So this is good. But what > I'm looking at/talking about involves a lot longer lasting effects > than what's in the bank. > > I appreciate your comments and am a little embarrassed that my words > led some of you to believe that I am a little off my rocker. Not at > all. I am simply taking actions to move ahead. I thought that was > understood. A lot of what I said is said here in the group from time > to time, just maybe not all in one wad. So, if my words have mislead > some of you, I apologize. > > Back to work... > Bugs > > > > On Jan 20, 9:05 pm, Trey Young <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well I read Mike's message at work today and wanted to chime in with > something, but never had a chance to sit down and put together any thoughts, > but kids are in bed and I've got a couple of minutes so here goes... > > > > Mike, the fact that you still have that sort of drive to continually push > your self is awesome. With that kind of drive, having accomplished what > you've already accomplished, it is easy to see why you are considered by > many (any with good taste) one of the premier mandolin players today/ever. > As far as the getting lucky thing, well I buy that...once, perhaps you did > get one lucky break somewhere along the line but you capitalized on it and > did from there built a reputation for yourself. As far as the "slop" > you play, well I credit the Stomp (thanks to you too David) album to being > the reason I became a mandolin player over a guitar player (not that the > mandolin or music community is any better off for it, but I am). When Stomp > was released I had just started playing the mandolin because I found a band > of guys who were playing some unconventional "roots" music and they wanted a > mando picker and I had access to one. I didn't particularly care > > for the mandolin all that much, based on what I had listened to up to > that point. Then I bought the Stomp album based on the fact that you were > Hartford's mandolin picker and my eyes were opened to what a mandolin could > do, and I've been working on getting to where I can play at least 1/10 as > good as the "slop" you put down on that album. So if you feel that you have > untapped potential than man that is awesome, I admire that, but don't > discount what you've done up until now... > > > > Trey > > > > ________________________________ > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wed, January 20, 2010 12:58:58 PM > > Subject: Re: Starting from scratch....sort of. > > > > The Kenny G of mandolin players - that's hysterical. > > > > Look Tater, you've got something special going on and anyone who doesn't > recognize it IS an uneducated ne'r-do-well. > > > > Nothing wrong with re-evaluating, level setting, and checking your > progress now and again. > > > > As I see it, there are only a handful of mandolin players out there who > appear to make a decent living at it and it > > appears to me that you're one of 'em. That didn't happen by accident - > you worked for it and earned it. > > > > Some pretty philosophical responses to your note but I'll go with > the immortal words of Billy Joel (or was it Kenny G): > > > > Don't go changing, to try and please -- anyone but yourself! > > > > John Gay > > Memphis-- > > 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]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > -- > 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]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. 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