Hey Steve,

I need to call you. Saturday OK?

zuki

Zuki, you've got mail.

I would like to play in an Italian restaurant - in Italy. I'm on my way - I play in a pizzaria in Norristown.
Ciao,
Jerry

Thanks for the great link Donny,

Diki, I'd sure love to hear your stuff someday. Maybe you could give lessons here and give all registered users a discount.

Why do you take that word "cheaters" that I posted about, re-explained and even emailed you personally to clarify and continue to bust beans over it?

You should start your own forum and have your fanclub join. The three of you could have a great time together. Your nothing but a pompus "Pain in the Butt"

Sorry Guys, I had to open my mouth.



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God Bless,
Mikey

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Diki, there is no reason to be mean spirited.

I enjoy a lot of your posts, because you are knowledgeable and occasionally entertaining. But sometimes you are a jerk.

Life is too short to be making a concerted effort to bring pain to others for no special reason.

Someday you might be one of those old seniors in the nursing home, and you might be appreciating someone coming in and setting up their equipment and playing and singing some songs that you were into when you were younger. Or maybe you will be one of those old cantankerous farts who only stays in their room.

Beakybird

Success means being called a jerk by the very people I am quoting (or paraphrasing )...

Maybe if these attitudes upset you, you might not bring them up yourselves. Look, I didn't make up ONE of those quotes. A little exaggeration, sure, but in essence, everything there HAS been a point one of YOU have made.

Maybe it just sounds snarkier if I say it. But when you say it, who's being the jerk then?

Maybe it IS cool to put down working with other musicians... (but if I did it, I would be elitist, eh?)

Maybe it IS cool to rub everyone's face in how many gigs you do... (but I guess if I did it, I would be a braggart, eh?)

BTW, WHERE the gigs were wasn't the point. I've no problem with the venue or the audience, or the people that play them. But maybe crowing about the number played, rather than talking about the MUSIC, might go up my chute sideways, too...

Maybe it IS cool to ridicule equipment that is heavier than a flyweight toy (but if I did it, I would be a weakling?)

Maybe it IS cool to not play while your MP3 carries you (but if I did that, would I be 'cheating'?)

BTW, Beaky, this wasn't aimed at you. That 'cheating' thread has been re-hashed here SO many times, trust me, you are only the last in a LONG line of members that keep bringing it up. It always gets the same responses, too

Maybe it IS cool to not have to learn to play (but if I did that, I wouldn't be here!)

Yes, my post was absurd and a bit mean... and so are all those attitudes. So, who's the jerk? Me for saying them, or some others for HAVING them?

Success is being pilloried for showing SOME folk a reflection of themselves (even if it was a fun-house mirror )....

I think everyone should have seen this was a "tongue in cheek" reply.

Found this gem on Victor Wooten's site. It's great to reflect on when mean spirted words seem easier to say than nothing at all:



The Test of Three

In ancient Greece, Socrates (469 - 399 BC) was widely lauded for his
wisdom.

One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to
him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about
one of your students?"

"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me I'd like you to
pass a little test. It's called the Test of Three."

"Three?"

"That's right, Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my
student let's take a moment to test what you're going to say. The first
test is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to
tell me is true?"

No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it." "All right," said
Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not.

Now let's try the second test, the test of Goodness. Is what you are
about to tell me about my student something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him
even though you're not certain it's true?"

The man shrugged, a little embarrassed.

Socrates continued. "You may still pass though, because there is a third
test - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my
student going to be useful to me?"

No, not really..."

"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True
nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?"

The man was defeated and ashamed.

I like these words by Henri Frederic Amiel...

"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self."

And this other saying, I posted before, by the same author...

"We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves."

Ian

PS...I don't usually defend Diki...no fun in that...but I have a feeling his first post was not meant to be taken seriously.

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That's because he wasn't a member of SynthZone.

chas

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