Re: Ever feel like throwing your stuff in the garbage?

["american qabalah" <american@qabalah.com>]

Yes,  it is easier to sound like Hendrix.  It's also true, though, that 
there
are some 14-year-olds out there who have more talent than many of us will 
ever
live to develop.  This could in part be why no one makes a worse music 
critic
than another musician.

Meow!  <hissing>

Let me break it down.  It's called jealousy, baby.

Tossing trumpet into the Tiber,
Timothy

----- Original Message -----
From: Travis Hartnett <hartne.t@apple.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: Ever feel like throwing your stuff in the garbage?


> It's a lot easier to sound like, say, Jimi Hendrix now than it was in 
>1966.
>
> TH
>
> ----------
> >From: Todd Madson <crash@waste.org>
> >To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
> >Subject: Ever feel like throwing your stuff in the garbage?
> >Date: Tue, Aug 17, 1999, 8:16 AM
> >
>
> > I was at a music store yesterday trying out some gear and there was 
>this
> > 14 year old kid playing a $600 Yamaha synth and I nearly passed out he 
>was
> > so good.  He was making stuff up that sounded like it came off of a 
>damn
> > vintage 1970s T. Dream or Eno album.  He eventually got tired of his
> > little brother making horrid noise on some other synth so he took off
> > with brother in tow, but amazing - this guy could have been a genius if
> > he'd been heard 20 years ago.  It was still amazing as it is today.
>
>