So, about those sandwiches..........
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"Serious skills, but..."
- Thread starter Jammy Jellyfish
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Technique can be impressive, but then there’s matters of taste. I don’t like lots of music (and meanwhile I do like lots of music). I can acknowledge someone’s skills, knowledge, nice personality, looks, etc., but since we’re talking about music, ultimately, a big part of my opinion is whether i actually like it. Whether the music moves me or speaks to me in some way (or just gets in my mind’s ear in a good way). That will absolutely be part of my opinion, and whether i like someone’s music or not has very little to do with mastery of complicated techniques (though a happy combination of taste and impressive chops is certainly possible).
And this is a discussion board, so… if we’re discussing a player, I’m going to share my opinion, which might include that someone has great technique (maybe doing things i could never do), and so i respect and am impressed by that (and want to comment on that), but I don’t like the music, and that’s part of what needs to be communicated too if sharing my true opinion.
I mean, whether i actually enjoy the music is a big part of my opinion regarding…music and musicians
And this is a discussion board, so… if we’re discussing a player, I’m going to share my opinion, which might include that someone has great technique (maybe doing things i could never do), and so i respect and am impressed by that (and want to comment on that), but I don’t like the music, and that’s part of what needs to be communicated too if sharing my true opinion.
I mean, whether i actually enjoy the music is a big part of my opinion regarding…music and musicians
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I don't thing that's always it. I have a healthy sense of self and am not ego fragile. There are many bassists much better than me that I like, and those I don't.
Victor Wooten is someone I really like listening to his thoughts and ideas about music, and music teaching and learning, but most of the music he has played on is not for me. He's technically a monster though. He can do a lot more on that bass than I will ever be able to do.
Jaco, I like a few of his recordings, but I'm not a fan boy. Some of his stuf is not for me.
Flea and Norwood Fisher both can do quite a few things I cannot. I love the first 5 chili peppers albums. I love Truth and Soul and The Reality of My Surroundings.
Generally speaking, highly technical music leaves me cold. I prefer certain emotional connections. If the emotional connections are there, than there is room for technique to be what evere it is.
That's it.
I'm vegan so you know ... sandwiches are good, some people have skills to make them but it's not my thing ...
Yeah boomer and vegan, you can throw stones at me I'm an heretic.
I was kinda hoping for jumbo prawns with a minimum of three different dipping sauces.
I was kinda hoping for jumbo prawns with a minimum of three different dipping sauces.
I can do vegan easily, Houston's full of great Indian options
Just wish my vegetarian taqueria hadn't closed.
I've tried a vegan mayonnaise receipe to make myself a tofu sandwich, soy yogurt + oil + mustard + himalayan black salt (it smells like eggs, no kidding !). The mayonnaise was awful so I gave up doing stupid vegan sh*ts with sandwiches, I don't have the... techniques and... skills
You'll notice I brought up restaurants and not cooking skills.I've tried a vegan mayonnaise receipe to make myself a tofu sandwich, soy yogurt + oil + mustard + himalayan black salt (it smells like eggs, no kidding !). The mayonnaise was awful so I gave up doing stupid vegan sh*ts with sandwiches, I don't have the... techniques and... skills
Yeah sure but in France the vegan options barely exists in restaurants, I'm living in quite a rural area. Last pro gig I did after playing in a bigger city they brought us the usual suspects: french fries, salad, Hamburger for the drummer and t-Bone steak for the guitarist. They just gave me a melon wedge instead of the meat, you know how french can be when it's about "french cuisine": close-minded.You'll notice I brought up restaurants and not cooking skills.
I can watch a master chef and admire their skills, but it also may end up being something I won't put in my mouth.You'll notice I brought up restaurants and not cooking skills.
Why would you (or anyone for that matter) want to ban someone from expressing their opinion or preference? Because it doesn't match yours perhaps?
Consider a nightmarish science fiction scenario: everyone on this planet likes the same thing. They have the same opinion of everything, and they all have the same preferences. Everyone likes the same exact music, food, clothing, hairstyles, cars, bass guitars, bass amps, effects pedals, etc. You know what I would say about that deranged scenario? This: "Ewww!" I would never want to live in such a freakish science fiction world where everyone liked the same thing and had the same opinion of everything. That would just be so disgustingly gross. So when someone expresses an opinion that differs from mine, or likes something that I don't like, I breathe a big sigh of happy relief. Why? Because it means I don't live in that freakazoid science fiction world. I live in a muuuuuch better one! That's why I love it when someone likes a certain style of music that I can't stand, or they like a certain bassist that I would never care for. Thank goodness! It means I live in the wonderful world of differences and diversity. Btw, I'm not just boomerish, I'm a real honest to goodness boomer (I was born in 1956 and I turn 70 next month) and one of the things I have learned in life is to be SO VERY THANKFUL for differences and diversity in this world. It's what makes life on this planet interesting.
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Hey, watch that “boomer crack”..some of us are pretty sensitive..lol
You know what I miss... Newspapers. You already bought the thing, so they didn't have to bury the lead with five paragraphs of nonsense. Headlines that didn't keep you guessing. Opinions in the actual opinions section, not slathered throughout every story like it's a fact. Writers had more than 140 characters to use, so they actually wrote Supreme Court instead of SCOTUS. You didn't have to get a second subscription just for the puzzles. A whole page just for movie times. Comics.
I miss good movies and people who wanted to socialize.
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