mark indigo -> RE: Guitarists and competition (May 23 2009 11:12:48)
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there is a lot of back talk there are a few problems that i notice. One is that ego thing, usually when someone feels so insecure about their abilities (regardless of how good or bad they are) that they feel a need to big themselves up all the time, and put everyone else down. It is a real problem, 'cos being around someone like that, they are always doing it subtly, and it is difficult not to end up letting off steam about it by telling someone else, and ending up doing that back talk thing.... Another one is when people set themselves up as performers or teachers and they're not very good, but they don't realise it, or they don't want to. They try to do things that are too difficult for them, and they don't do them well, sometimes they try to teach them to other people who are also not at a level where they can do it either.... and someone says, "oh, so-and-so is so wonderful" or "i saw such-and-such advertised, what do you think?" and you just have to bite your tongue and keep your mouth shut or you are doing that back talk thing again.... Another one is when someone, regardless of their own ability, compares everyone they hear and see to the very best cd' and dvd's and stage shows etc., so pretty much everything and everyone else is not very good by comparison, and they bad mouth everyone and everything.... i think it's particularly a problem in flamenco because there is so much to learn, and so little knowledge about it generally (in the UK at least, i don't know about elsewhere), that these problems come up when people learn a little, and start to be able to distiguish and discriminate.... i used to be pretty bad at some of these things, and was around a lot of it that really got me down.... but the more i learn the more i realise i don't know and i'm a bit more humble now.... these things are still problems though the bottom line for me is i like playing guitar, and i want to be as good as i can be, not compared to anyone else, just compared to myself, i don't see it as a competitive thing, and when other people do, i don't want to be around them
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