Jeff-
I have followed you on different threads and enjoyed and learned a lot from them. You also reminded me once not to acknowledge people that only want to pick fights and are not open to actually learning, and people that can't distinguish the difference bewteen art and acedemia. Don't get sucked in.
It's a rare oportunity to be able to communicate with someone so willing to share thier knowledge. Let's take advantage of that (Jeff's presnece on TB) and keep to the subject of leaning music!
Ignore 'em all. They are subtle, they are overt, but you can always tell somebody who doesn't have something to offer, and often covers it carefully with how they word things. Some guys are clear, they just want to take a punch at me. I like these guys because I can discuss with them (if they are interested) what ails them about what I say.
Has anyone else noticed that when I asked a couple of guys who had problems with me as a person, to spell out specifically their objections about my comments about what I have said, that not one guy responded? Even when I give them a chance to discuss their problems with what I say, they disapear into the background again.
I like Talkbass because I don't feel that I tell anybody anything that isn't verifiable. As a teacher I have never had a failure from any student who learned how to play by learning music (more about this word later). Music lessons are simply without fault. But guys who philosophize about learning never improve because they aren't dealing with the root problem of their musical lives, their bass and what to play on it. They are like those unfortunate guys who lay crystals on their chest to cure themselves from cancer. Many believe in this, but all of them have died via this treatment. Some guys just want to hold onto what they believe and would rather go down with the ship instead of believing that the ship may have been built with bad wood.
