Jeremy Bender
Platinum Member
Someone close to me (who's not a musician) made the statemet to me just recently...
"The reason I can't get into jazz is cause it sounds like they're playing a different song than the other guy up there."
Now It's a safe bet he's not referring to Dixieland, Glenn Miller or Kenny G style of 'jazz'
So the question is: how to respond to a statement like that without sounding condescending, yet knowledgable and also acknowledging that they may be correct to some extent?
"The reason I can't get into jazz is cause it sounds like they're playing a different song than the other guy up there."
Now It's a safe bet he's not referring to Dixieland, Glenn Miller or Kenny G style of 'jazz'
So the question is: how to respond to a statement like that without sounding condescending, yet knowledgable and also acknowledging that they may be correct to some extent?