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from whence do stereotypes emerge...
- Thread starter jomahu
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Possibly, but I haven't met a failed guitarist turned bass player yet...where did that one even come from?
I am not a "Failed" guitarist but when I was thirteen and hooked up with 2 of my buddies who also played guitar, I was moved to Bass 'cuz I had played guitar the least amount of time and wasn't as good.
Stereotypes usually had some basis in truth at some time in some region. They usually are outdated and vast overgeneralizations.
Best thing to ever happen to me!!!!!!
and can they ever be changed?
i'm not only talking about racist stereotypes, but everything across the board....even that pesky "bass players are failed guitarists" hash.
when you can make a statement about anything and a type of person is consistantly quoted or found to always do that, regardless of the situation
Humans have an urge to classify and group things. It happens with almost everything we see. If there is a group of people they look for similarities in order to identify them. I beleive this urge to identify was part of a survival instinct from our caveman days. Those animals taste good. What do they look like? Those animals hurt me and bite. What do they look like? That tribe of people over there ate my friend, I better avoid them. What do they look like? This instinct never disappeared when we became "civilized".
Given the degree of "open mindedness" I've seen here lately, I'm surprised anyone is even bothering to answer this one. :scowl:
I'm one, but I guess I didn't so much fail, it's that I realized that I really liked bass a whole lot more.
Can they be changed? Absolutely. It just takes a long bloody time and a mass shift in the target group's philosophies and behavior.
I'm one, but I guess I didn't so much fail, it's that I realized that I really liked bass a whole lot more.
I'm one, but I guess I didn't so much fail, it's that I realized that I really liked bass a whole lot more.
I don't see that as being a "failed guitarist" though. It is not as if you just couldn't play guitar very well at all, so you picked up the bass because it is easier. Now, I don't mean to say that bass isn't going to be easier for some people than others. I've never really played guitar. I've noodled around on one occasionally, but I would never say that I know how to play it. I've pretty much played bass right from the start. However, I don't see how that makes me anymore of a "real" bassist than you.
People are stubborn. One's generalization of another group of people will not change unless it is forced to be changed.
