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Lately, in my hurly burly frenzy of gigging with almost any band that would have me, I experienced a interesting menagerie of musician -stereotypes. They were all fun to play with and they came in all colors and shades, but broadly speaking they fell into 2 groups:
1) Whiskey drinking/ weed smoking, jam- thought it- and get the vibe right and so what if some of the the notes are wrong, music is about having a good time and not about working so hard at it, and arent we having a good time..
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2) My music is my my church, and I take everything I play & who I play with very seriously, and i have no time for anybody else who doesn't view the world in quite the same way, and if you aren't like that then you are a pretender..
Bear in mind, both sets are working/gigging musicians.There were some personality fallouts between group1 & group2 ( not involving me- I'm way too tolerant ) which led to friction, walk outs, politics...
Anybody else experience this? Are there other stereotypes ? I find myself much closer to group2 but and am too greedy to play to let group 1 bother me that much.
whatchathink?
Lately, in my hurly burly frenzy of gigging with almost any band that would have me, I experienced a interesting menagerie of musician -stereotypes. They were all fun to play with and they came in all colors and shades, but broadly speaking they fell into 2 groups:
1) Whiskey drinking/ weed smoking, jam- thought it- and get the vibe right and so what if some of the the notes are wrong, music is about having a good time and not about working so hard at it, and arent we having a good time..
or-
2) My music is my my church, and I take everything I play & who I play with very seriously, and i have no time for anybody else who doesn't view the world in quite the same way, and if you aren't like that then you are a pretender..
Bear in mind, both sets are working/gigging musicians.There were some personality fallouts between group1 & group2 ( not involving me- I'm way too tolerant ) which led to friction, walk outs, politics...
Anybody else experience this? Are there other stereotypes ? I find myself much closer to group2 but and am too greedy to play to let group 1 bother me that much.
whatchathink?
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