uniongoon
Gold Member
I did the most of my apprenticing starting around 1980. I would hit the big bars on my nights not already booked or inbetween bands, which was not all that often. I played steady all through my 20's. Not often I would catch a player way above the local caliber, one great one was Martin Deller of FM (some May have heard of their invisible man fiddle player, Nash the Slash)
Anyhow, it would be months or even years between seeing really great players like this and it would be like a watershed moment of discovery. Now a days, being able to just sit down and click and be able to search and watch greatness all the world has to offer in seconds makes my upbringing seem like horse and buggy compared to the space shuttle. I wonder though if it also takes some of the specialness of the great players and makes it appear like something easy to achieve, and with so many choices, takes away the awesomeness of their achievements. Trivialize the hard work and dedication it actually takes to get to that level.
Anyhow, it would be months or even years between seeing really great players like this and it would be like a watershed moment of discovery. Now a days, being able to just sit down and click and be able to search and watch greatness all the world has to offer in seconds makes my upbringing seem like horse and buggy compared to the space shuttle. I wonder though if it also takes some of the specialness of the great players and makes it appear like something easy to achieve, and with so many choices, takes away the awesomeness of their achievements. Trivialize the hard work and dedication it actually takes to get to that level.