gato -> RE: Flamenco Outlaws? (Mar. 18 2009 17:32:59)
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Ok, I think of myself as a sort of an outlaw here in the bay area, although I do have people to play with. It kind of gets on your nerves when people pass you over as Bob's brother, and it's never Gary. People just look at me like I am the strangest musician because I play all of the wrong instruments, and now the flamenco guitar has become a sort of refuge, even though I do play the hip instruments as well, such as electric guitar, drums, keyboard, and saxophone and yes the clarinet. It's like a never ending thing where people are getting together to play music and I am not in their scene, and it's probably because I studied forms of music that get in the way such as Jazz, Flamenco, etc. People expect you to play rock n' roll and nothing else. And if you want to learn what they are playing they don't have the time. Every one is busy. Sometimes I just want to tell them off, and as it stands they are probably busy right now practicing together, and partying. If you don't fit in you just don't stand a chance, and when I do get to play with people, it's not from the local set in the area. I figure that is just my scope and understanding, so the flamenco keeps me happy. I don't get to screw around and party with the people in the area, but, I would have to say, that even convincing them that I still play music tends to be in their disbelief. Call it bad self esteem, paranoia, call it what you will. But I feel as though I have been cheated, although now thinking back on the years I am glad and feel lucky to have missed out on all of the social decay in the San Francisco Bay Area. I have my people, they have theirs, and their bloody union. You can't ever bring this up, but it feels good to get it off my chest. I know that I am capable, but aparently a lot of people think I am not. Sucks, yet now, I have grown use to it, and prefer to have these people out of my life. Reason for the thread? Maybe, but I always wonder what it's like in other places around the world, and wonder if my life would be different.... Gary [:@][&:][:)]
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