Someone could probably write a description of you that would make you sound like a dork.
If all those guys are having fun, who is to argue with that?
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Someone could probably write a description of you that would make you sound like a dork.
If all those guys are having fun, who is to argue with that?
You know, since I have been on TB I have read some strange stuff but this one has the potential of making the Hall of Fame; and i am not talking about the OP....
Hell, my dorkus self got all the chicks in high school by wearing a Cincinnati Reds batting helmet and a velour shirt.
I should take that tradition to the stage.
I should take that tradition to the stage.
Man, if they were happy, or having fun, I would not worry about it. (Honestly, I had just gotten off the phone with two of my three examples, so that's the only reason I was "worried" about it earlier.)
But they aren't. They're miserable..... nearly depressed.
And one would not have to stretch his imagination far at all to paint me as a dork. I guess the difference is I am a "functioning" dork.
I weave in and out among the normal people. I thrive in their world. I do business with them. I play music for them. Many of them don't even KNOW I am a dork. I hide my dorknisity (dorkitude? dorkidness? dorkasity?) so as to be able to get close to them and learn their ways. Then, when they least expect it, I actually SUCCEED in their world.
Mwahahahaha!
You can't stop me! I shall pay my bills! I shall start a retirement account and actually put MONEY in it and not rely on my GUITAR COLLECTION for emergency funding! I shall play music IN PUBLIC..... for MONEY! Who knows what NORMAL ideas I will think of next?????? I am too powerful now. They will know the wrath of ............... CLOSET DORK!
(cue evil bad guy music)
OK, so I just proved your point. So what?
Never happened...I was just trying to portray a Power Dork...maybe someone will pick this up and run the wrong way face-planting into a goalpost....
A while back I was complaining to my wife's friend about band members and what flakes they are.
To this the friend replied that people who create and express themselves (artistic types) are all weird and flakey.
I looked at my wife and said am I? She looked away
For the record I am nothing like any of those 3.
To this the friend replied that people who create and express themselves (artistic types) are all weird and flakey.
I looked at my wife and said am I? She looked away
For the record I am nothing like any of those 3.
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Because desire does not equal results. I've seen more artistic types frustrated by that truth than I've seen artistic types that have burned out using drugs to avoid dealing with that reality.
The example A guy needs to man up and take care of his family first! It's great to have dreams but he needs to face reality and provide for his kids! I'm also 47 with a wife and two kids. I like having my toys but I can't imagine going so far as to keep my kid's bikes under a tarp in the yard so I can have the entire garage for my gear!
A lot of times, people think they survived their drug periods, only to have them come back to haunt them later in life. "Yeah, I took six thousand trips, and look at me! I'm fine! I have a great job, and a nice house, and I'm never late on my bills."
"Sure, but you're afraid of caterpillars, and you're not wearing pants."
"Sure, but you're afraid of caterpillars, and you're not wearing pants."
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Only two strings away from an attitude problem.
A. Pitch in and buy him a clue.
B. I am very, very sorry.
C. A hug, and a handshake, and a "Good Luck with that."
Most musicians are dorklike to some degree, comes with the territory. As to why that is, I have not an idea. Embrace it.
B. I am very, very sorry.
C. A hug, and a handshake, and a "Good Luck with that."
Most musicians are dorklike to some degree, comes with the territory. As to why that is, I have not an idea. Embrace it.
I just wanted to put that out there OP.
Friends also don't let friends neglect their kids, live in a constant state of delusion, and spiral down into a depression. Sometimes we need to heed our own advice and hurt the fragile egos of the ones we love, sit them down, and tell them to 'Get your ******* **** together!' followed by everything else you've laid out here.
Rob
I like the sound of B and C. If C's band are relying on him to earn them a living then they need to grow up and start looking after themselves.
I particularly like the sound of B. He just wants to make the music he wants to make. So what if nobody else wants to do it with him.
I particularly like the sound of B. He just wants to make the music he wants to make. So what if nobody else wants to do it with him.
There are life dorks as well.
Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. =unhappiness
Reading all this has reminded me of when I was 19 (I'm 41 now). I was playing in an original band. Band leader was in his mid 30's had seen local success. One day before a gig we ended up at his apartment. He owned nothing! All he had was a box full of memories. I think it sacred me or something. It had some effect on me, I felt that this is what spending your life trying to make it is going to do to you.
Reminds me of the Drummer I am Jamming with now. He thinks he is going to run a marathon on his drums and thinks he can get away with 5 beers and two bowel loads of pot before hand.
