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Not true.
I don’t like Liberace’s music. Could he play the piano... obviously yes. But I don’t like the music.
Just as I don’t like Van Halen or Stevie Ray Vaughan. I’m not saying they are crap musicians, I am saying they make music that doesn’t move me in any way whatsoever.
Can I play ‘as well as them.’ I don’t know, because I don’t try to. I play what I play and I’m happy with the way I play that.
Music, see? There’s tons of it. Different types. I think that’s the point.
It's always been hard to know how to grow old gracefully with an electric guitar in your hands, especially in a rock genre because as an image accessory it's not that far removed from a skateboard or a BMX if we're being honest with ourselves.
Sure, you can sit down and play some bluesy slide or whatever, but even a lot of famous old rock guitarists are a bit cringey, let alone those still trying to "make it" in later life.
Let's be honest with ourselves, other than as a personal dead-end souvenir so we can pretend to our grandkids we nearly made it , who on earth is going to buy that stuff?
As for the power stance thing one has to be careful past a certain age...
If you like what he does, good on ya'. Fill ya boots.
If you don't like it, tun it off. Simple. (Matthew 19:9 "And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee", not that I believe in that dogma, but each to there own.)
Chappers is Chappers and will be for some time. Get used to it. I wouldn't refuse a beer with him.
I certainly have, I can recall a number of occasions when the audience either reacted with passive disapproval eg walking out of the room, or outright derision - "what bloody rubbish" I remember one notable heckler yelling.
I don't think the fact that I know how it feels to be panned gives me any more justification to criticise than, say, someone who has never put themselves out there, but I think it's important to remember that lots of us know how it feels.
But, I always think that whether it's a gig down the pub or the Pyramid stage, - or posting a YT vid, you have to have a minimum amount of ego, and that's what you rely on when not everyone appreciates what you are trying to do. The problem is when this "fuck you" defensive mechanism blinds you to the reality that just maybe what you are doing really is crap.
Yeah exactly - ultimately bands who make it usually all have something in common - they are in their teens and twenties and still have the energy, hope and spare time to put the work in.
… or, if you want to be gross - and suspected of casual racism - gleetings.*
Often at the same time!
Well done RC.
But that’s the risk - the moment you place your product into the public arena, you are pitching it against the rest, which will inevitably not be everyone’s cup of chai.