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Post by JamesP on Mar 31, 2017 8:58:32 GMT -5
I admit it. I've been living in the past for the better part of my life. Thinking about James's comment in the Eric Clapton thread made me realize I probably have missed out on some great music instruments or even artists while dwelling in the past.
Have I really given the new guitars a fair shake? No. If it wasn't a vintage Fender, Martin or Gibson I formed an opinion before I even tried it.
Same with some of the new Rock, Blues and Country.
Just saying..
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Post by jmuscara on Apr 5, 2017 7:24:52 GMT -5
You're still here. It's not too late to start appreciating what's here now, in whatever it is (I realize your playing days might be behind you. There might be other areas where you can enjoy what's around).
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Post by JamesP on Apr 5, 2017 9:07:57 GMT -5
Oood advice Joe.
Unfortunately, we humans tend to resist change.
But I will give it a try
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Post by jmuscara on Apr 6, 2017 5:54:16 GMT -5
Don't I know it! But, we're smart enough to learn. Change is inevitable. It is the one constant. We may think things aren't changing but they always are, it's just that some things change very slowly. I try to remind myself of all this... all the time. Besides, how interesting would life be if it stayed the same forever?
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Post by JamesP on Apr 6, 2017 12:39:47 GMT -5
It's kind of interesting how music styles/genre change but there are those of us who want to write rules about a certain music style. Like the Blues...if it isn't 12 bar, minor chord, AAB - Call and Respnse (you get the picture), then it "ain't" the "Blues". So all of the British Blues, Texas Blues, etc. are really blues. I disliked HipHop when it first appeared on the scene, but as "Gangsta" Rap emerged, Hip Hop sounds pretty good. I remember when the big bands (Dorsey, Goodman, Ellington, Basie, etc.) of the 40s wee all the rage and when the Rockabilly/Elvis craze hit in the 50s, the adult generation was having real problems....Devil's music. Until you explore new music, art, books you never know what you're missing. It's nice to reminisce every now and then, but when you begin to wallow in the self-pity for the changes in your favorite art, it's time to wake up and smell the "Starbucks" coffee!
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Post by jmuscara on Apr 7, 2017 7:32:32 GMT -5
Exactly.
One thing I've come to realize is that painting a genre with a broad brush is often my own loss. If I say, "I don't like country," there's lots of music that I'm cutting myself off from. At the very least, I try to say something like, "I haven't found much of [genre or artist] I do like, but there is such-and-such that I do."
One thing I try not to do is be the "grumpy old man"! On the Keyboard Corner there are some guys who talk about today's music being crap, and they were rock and rollers from the late 60s or early 70s, where I'm sure their parents said the same thing about their music! I've called them out on this to no avail. Besides, if you do research about when jazz first started, the papers back then were talking about how bad this new music was and that it was devil's music, etc. Beethoven was considered to be something like that I just read, because he was so different from his predecessors.
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