Woke up! Got out of bed! Dragged a comb all through my head! I didnt sleep very well last night! I was reviewing my long time puzzlement of different musical approaches and how badly I handled my puzzlement. I found out that I owed Victor and all educators an apology for my unprofessional manner for addressing what they do. I also am working hard on changing ME, that is, to try and be loving, and (as my close friend Ted Shumate so eloquently put it) !If it came down to being right or kind, then I would choose to be kind. The fault was mine. The fault IS mine! I have always noticed that many have a grasp on how to conduct yourself in your manner of communication, where I have only, in the last year of my life, with some success and some setbacks, have looked to address my thoughts but do it as many of you do. I pay attention to how you write to me. I have blocked some not because they were not pleased with my philosophy, but because, either I stimulated a combative side of themselves, or that they were behaving as many behave on the internet. But, I am certain that I was the one to start the bruhaha. I want to accept that people want to do their thing their way. I am determined to never revert to criticism. But, it has always come back to me, and it did last night, that to understand how to learn music, you have to first be taught about it. Self taught players are not understanding the impact of musical content so how can they teach what they dont understand. I remember the Fredrick March character in the old movie Inherit the Wind! The character dies at the end of the movie trying to convince people that the book of Genesis is real. I do not wish to die convincing people that the book of Chord Studies for Trombone has more merit than any non-musical approach. I think that I am done with this. You can lead a bass player to music, but you cant make him learn! The old philosophy has been altered a little bit, but fun, having a blast, are not the criteria for pursuing learning a subject and you wont find this anywhere in any other learning environment. The fun is the love of the chase. The fun is the joy of accomplishment. The fun is the thrill of finding out that your instrument is solvable. I dont think that I will ever veer from my course of belief. But I will veer from my course of attack. I regret my personal issues, my own demons that affected how I communicate and associate with educators like Steve Bailey, Victor Wooten, Janke Gwizdala, Ed Friedland, M.I. Berklee, and all the sources of learning that I have offended. I was wrong and I want to make amends. Day 2 of a long path toward change.
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 15:46:07 +0000
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