Posted: 28 Sep 2006 2:36 pm
Calvin, ny feelings arent hurt and I'm not offended that you don't care for my stuff. Disappointed maybe, but that's all.
You are entitled to like whatever you like, and have the right to play whatever you choose to play, and nobody can tell you otherwise.
I was concerned however about the workbench comment, because the implication is that I and others like me who are exploring other kinds of music don't have that same right.
Your comment de-legitimizes my efforts and those of players like me.
It is difficult being out on a limb. The whole time I was working on my first CD I was afraid that all the steel players would reject it because it's not country, and the classical music community would reject it because it's steel guitar. In fact some people in both communities did just that. However there were also many people in both communities who embraced my efforts.
I feel there should be room for everybody. it's important that some players keep traditional coutry steel playing alive, but it doesn't follow that EVERYBODY has to.
Likewise, it doesn't follow that everybody should explore new ideas and genres. But there has to be a place in the steel guitar community for players like me and Joe Goldmark and Bruce Kaphan and Robert Powell and Hal Merril and David Phillips and Dan Tyack and Bob Taillifer and Demola Adepoju and Robert Randolph and even for Susan Alcorn.
It's all steel, and it's all good.
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Warning: I have a Telecaster and I'm not afraid to use it.
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My web site
<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Mike Perlowin on 28 September 2006 at 03:38 PM.]</p></FONT>
You are entitled to like whatever you like, and have the right to play whatever you choose to play, and nobody can tell you otherwise.
I was concerned however about the workbench comment, because the implication is that I and others like me who are exploring other kinds of music don't have that same right.
Your comment de-legitimizes my efforts and those of players like me.
It is difficult being out on a limb. The whole time I was working on my first CD I was afraid that all the steel players would reject it because it's not country, and the classical music community would reject it because it's steel guitar. In fact some people in both communities did just that. However there were also many people in both communities who embraced my efforts.
I feel there should be room for everybody. it's important that some players keep traditional coutry steel playing alive, but it doesn't follow that EVERYBODY has to.
Likewise, it doesn't follow that everybody should explore new ideas and genres. But there has to be a place in the steel guitar community for players like me and Joe Goldmark and Bruce Kaphan and Robert Powell and Hal Merril and David Phillips and Dan Tyack and Bob Taillifer and Demola Adepoju and Robert Randolph and even for Susan Alcorn.
It's all steel, and it's all good.
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Warning: I have a Telecaster and I'm not afraid to use it.
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My web site
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