Larry
"Uncle Larry"
At a gig last night an old rocker dude with the leather jacket, "been through the war" denims and big old leather boots, dyed dark hair, red bandana in his hair, smelling of beer and cigarettes, and being a little loud in the audience (you know how some musicians have to participate from the audience)...yea one of those guys. Not putting him down, just painting the picture.
So afterwards, since there wasn't a whole lot of people, I try and say hi and thank people for hanging out till the end. That goes a long way. So I went up to rock dude and struck up a conversation since he was a local musician I never saw before. He complimented my drumming and then (in a joking manner) he said, and I'm a lead guitar player and we hate drummers. I took that to have some truth in it.
No real point, just gleaning a little insight as to how some guitar dudes see us. I should have asked him why he felt that way, but when he made his comment, I just jumped in and said "because we ruin everything, right?" Which he agreed to but that could have been social graces. I didn't want to drag the conversation down with his reasons. But I wish now that I did just so I could pick his guitarist brain a little more.
He did tell me a semi funny story where some woman he dated told him he was a wannabe. But he made a pretty good counter maneuver by saying that he wasn't a wannabe, he's a has been. Lol. The only time where being a has been is the preferable option lol.
I'm not ragging on guitarists at all, I love a great guitarist, but I definitely have experienced firsthand the "guitarists hate drummers" thing a number of times, with different people.
Why is that?
So afterwards, since there wasn't a whole lot of people, I try and say hi and thank people for hanging out till the end. That goes a long way. So I went up to rock dude and struck up a conversation since he was a local musician I never saw before. He complimented my drumming and then (in a joking manner) he said, and I'm a lead guitar player and we hate drummers. I took that to have some truth in it.
No real point, just gleaning a little insight as to how some guitar dudes see us. I should have asked him why he felt that way, but when he made his comment, I just jumped in and said "because we ruin everything, right?" Which he agreed to but that could have been social graces. I didn't want to drag the conversation down with his reasons. But I wish now that I did just so I could pick his guitarist brain a little more.
He did tell me a semi funny story where some woman he dated told him he was a wannabe. But he made a pretty good counter maneuver by saying that he wasn't a wannabe, he's a has been. Lol. The only time where being a has been is the preferable option lol.
I'm not ragging on guitarists at all, I love a great guitarist, but I definitely have experienced firsthand the "guitarists hate drummers" thing a number of times, with different people.
Why is that?