Right. The whole point of having this group is so's people can talk to each other about this mandolin obsession we have. The face of the topics has changed again and again. Everybody has aggravations, likes, dislikes, etc. I'm sure that there will be other stuff that comes up that people are passionate about that doesn't have much mandolin content. The point is that we get to talk about what we want to talk about as long as there is music/mandolin/player content. The rants are part of it as far as I'm concerned. Yea, it gets old, but it clears the air and we move on. Now...
I don't much care for everything Monroe did either, Bull. Didn't much care for some of his attitudes either. But what I do admire is his willingness to be himself and stick by what he believed in without compromising. What would happen if we all did that? Back to you, Bull... Procrasti-tater On Oct 7, 7:58 pm, Terry Bullin <tbull...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I don't really have anything, but this bashing is getting old. I don't know > Skaggs or Grier, but I've listened to their music. I take what I like and > leave the rest, just like any other musician. I don't like everything Monroe > did, (stop gasping Tater), but I like his style of mandolin playing. Thats > what I want to "steal", imitate, copy, or whatever you want to call it. > I thought that was the point of this group with Tater as the teacher. As > long as I'm here and interested in learning from him, then what he says > goes. If he pisses me off, then its my job to shut up, learn from it and > move on. That should be the case with any other teacher you pay to teach you. > > I think we as students/fans over idolize our heroes and forget they are > people too. If I had had the chance to have been around Monroe and learn from > him, I would have been scared to death and probably wouldn't have learned a > thing. I was that way when I first met Tater, but I've realized he's a > person just like me. He can just play the hell out of the mandolin and I > can't...........yet. (but I ain't dead yet, so I still got some > time....lol). > > So, like I said, I don't really have anything, but I would certainly enjoy > reading some stories about Monroe and how you got to meet him, how much time > you spent with him, what he was like as a teacher or whatever. It should be > more enjoyable than the griping and bashing. > > I usually lurk, so this is worth way more than .02 > > Bulldog > > > --- On Wed, 10/7/09, mistertaterbug <taterbugmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: mistertaterbug <taterbugmu...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Fw: Re: Mike and David Radio Interview > To: "Taterbugmando" <taterbugmando@googlegroups.com> > Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 11:00 AM > > Ready when you are, boy. What you got? > Taterdog > > On Oct 7, 9:30 am, Terry Bullin <tbull...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Ok, enuf Grier and Skaggs. Lets get back on topic, lest we > > forget.......... > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aWZcZ67ZQw&feature=channel > > > --- On Wed, 10/7/09, ljt <lj...@intas.net.au> wrote: > > > From: ljt <lj...@intas.net.au> > > Subject: Re: Mike and David Radio Interview > > To: "Taterbugmando" <taterbugmando@googlegroups.com> > > Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 9:42 AM > > > :) > > > On Oct 8, 12:22 am, ljt <lj...@intas.net.au> wrote:> I guess those poor > > dumb folks who fronted up with their money in hopes > > > of learning something just have no dang reason > > > to live ..what so ever. > > > > On Oct 8, 12:15 am, Will Dennis <willard.den...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Does Grier normally do workshops? Being a great player does not > > > > necesarrily equate to being a good teacher. (caveat before I get > > > > slammed - I'm not specifically talking about Grier here.) I am also in > > > > IT, and realize the challenges when someone wants to learn something > > > > in 5 minutes that took me a year of plugging away at it before I fully > > > > understood it. Sometimes you just have to learn by doing. I go to my > > > > share of workshops, and you gotta admit, some of the questions posed > > > > are kinda dumb sometimes... It's like the perennial "what kind of pick > > > > do you use" question - like that's the key or something. (Aside - I > > > love the "day-glo pick" story in Richard Smith's Monroe book :) > > > > > Anyways, unless there's a real track record of rudeness, I'd let it > > > > slide as a good person having a bad day. The man's musical ability > > > > certainly speaks for itself. > > > > > Will --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
