Re: Chord Function?

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:05:10 -0700, "Chickenhead"
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>"Danny Schorr" <.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> I've watched your videos, and quite honestly  I didn't think much of
what 
>> I
>> saw. Sorry.
>>
>It's about time someone said they don't think much of my playing.  It's
hard 
>sometimes to get honest criticism.  I'd rather have honesty than
politeness. 
>After D/L'ing your clips, I can understand why you don't think much of my

>playing.

Funny - I just assume that if I tell someone I don't think much of their
playing, they are going to hate me back for it.You seem to be a pretty
level-headed mature guy, and I can respect that. I agree with you totally
about honesty vs. politeness, too.
>
>
>> here's the link - now go hate.
>>
>>  http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=658248
>
>> Now I shall give you the op****tunity to dislike my music. I never said
I
>> was a great "anything" - you invented that. Onward.
>
>I didn't "invent" it.  I just didn't want to assume you weren't, as there

>are many very great players here at rmmgj who keep a low profile.   Until

>I've heard someone I wouldn't want to assume they sucked.


>
>I'll leave it to others to D/L your clips and comment.  I very much 
>appreciate your posting the clips, as it gives me a much better idea of
how 
>to evaluate you both as a player and as a "theorist." 

Not really. These sound files were made before I studied theory or joined
RMT. and they are so yesterday. So really, nothing connecting my views of
theory and my playing exists. Its all so ridiculous.



> Do you even want my 
>opinion?  It sounds like you don't, or wouldn't have any respect for it,
so 
>I'm wondering what the value would be to you.  


It's not that I wouldn't have any respect for it. It's that it wouldn't
change anything about how I feel towards my music. Maybe I suffer from a
myopic view of things - It's mine and I know where it stands in the realm
of my life and growth, and other peoples opinions dont change that. 

>I am, however, rather curious 
>what others here at rmmgj think of your clips.

That's where we differ. How would they possibly like it? They are coming
from a differt set of reference points and value systems. I'd love it if
they liked it, but I would never expect it from them or anyone else.

Posdting your own music, I have just learned, can be a nerve-wracking
experience - especially in a roomful of pros ( hence my slightly
disjointed
and histrionic posting style in that last message :-), but I'd recommend
it
highly for growing as an individual.
>>
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>> yes you posted that "Theory is crap" to a newsgroup that people
subscribe 
>> . . .
>
>[snip]
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>As I mentioned, that was an accident that happened when I replied to the 
>cross-posted thread title.  My apologies to rec.music.theory.
>

I saw that after my post. I was impressed by the self awareness of what
you
said.
>