Life, Bass, and All The Rest Of It!!!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Music Appreciation vs Jam Bands
One afternoon I was reading an article on the Herald and News website about some of the local music scene and came across this discussion about musicians and jam bands. I was pleasently suprised to read something about myself in this post. Take a look...
pril wrote on Jul 21, 2009 11:18 AM:
" I'm not missing out on French horn players. I played one myself at one point. heh. Glad other people like them. Music is fun. Go listen to whatever you like. If these other groups want more space in the paper, they should go after it like the blues society does. "
A Listener wrote on Jul 9, 2009 8:08 PM:
" Relax a little. I wasn't deriding anybody. Only suggesting that there are a few special talents and special performances that many people will miss if they only hear live music at the blues jam....
The community band is live music too, but it rarely gets an H&N write-up. And too bad. It has some great musicians and they perform difficult material. I haven't been missing the bass players, drummers, or harmonicas... You've been missing the clarinetists, the saxophonists, the flautists, the trombonists, the cellists, the violinists, the timpanists, the pianists, the marimbists, the french freakin' hornists, and everyone around who ventures to anything beyond Rock Me Baby and Mustang Sally. They deserve a listen and a mention too, and I was giving it to them. "
pril wrote on Jul 7, 2009 11:30 AM:
" Any place that hires a band is "cashing in" on someone else's talent. As a listener, you may not realize this. Live music at a venue is "value added" entertainment.
Many of the people who come to both the blues jam and the Mia's and Pia's open mic are also out playing in other venues around town, around the region, around the state, and many of these other "real artists" do come to our jams. Paul used to come fairly regularly to the blues jam.
We are not all "guitar players starving to perform"- maybe you don't notice the bass players, the drummers, the harp players and other instruments that are involved. We are not all "great" blues players but enjoy other kinds of music that we excel at playing. But the point of the jams is for us to get together and have a good time, without being derided for not being "real artists" - whatever that means. Music is fun, first and foremost.
A Listener wrote on Jul 6, 2009 11:54 PM:
" It's true -- the basin has an ample share of talented, and even gifted musicians. A precious few are top notch professionals. The blues jam is a great place to while away a little time on a Thursday night, and the Mia's and Pia's jug bands are fun while you scarf pizza, but you'll miss the area's real artists if those venues are your only musical exposure...
No offense to the earnest budding performers playing the night away to sell beer for someone else; but you'll have to take in a summer musical at the Ragland to hear the basin's musically accomplished... Or, Ken White and the Esquire Orchestra represent generations of Klamath country music talent. You would be shocked to hear Brent Hakanson play piano. And if you haven't heard Ron Hauck sing and play bass at Mood Swing you're missing a truly accomplished musician. Take any chance to hear him, or Randy Roe, or Paul Walborn, or Suzanne Stewart. Take any chance to support not just the bars and coffee shops who cash in on 'live music' by offering jam sessions for guitar players starving to perform, but also to support the area's more experienced and less pervasive performers. Seek them out if you have to, and be prepared to pay a little for the craft they offer. They can play blues to o; and a whole lot more. "
pril wrote on Jul 21, 2009 11:18 AM:
" I'm not missing out on French horn players. I played one myself at one point. heh. Glad other people like them. Music is fun. Go listen to whatever you like. If these other groups want more space in the paper, they should go after it like the blues society does. "
A Listener wrote on Jul 9, 2009 8:08 PM:
" Relax a little. I wasn't deriding anybody. Only suggesting that there are a few special talents and special performances that many people will miss if they only hear live music at the blues jam....
The community band is live music too, but it rarely gets an H&N write-up. And too bad. It has some great musicians and they perform difficult material. I haven't been missing the bass players, drummers, or harmonicas... You've been missing the clarinetists, the saxophonists, the flautists, the trombonists, the cellists, the violinists, the timpanists, the pianists, the marimbists, the french freakin' hornists, and everyone around who ventures to anything beyond Rock Me Baby and Mustang Sally. They deserve a listen and a mention too, and I was giving it to them. "
pril wrote on Jul 7, 2009 11:30 AM:
" Any place that hires a band is "cashing in" on someone else's talent. As a listener, you may not realize this. Live music at a venue is "value added" entertainment.
Many of the people who come to both the blues jam and the Mia's and Pia's open mic are also out playing in other venues around town, around the region, around the state, and many of these other "real artists" do come to our jams. Paul used to come fairly regularly to the blues jam.
We are not all "guitar players starving to perform"- maybe you don't notice the bass players, the drummers, the harp players and other instruments that are involved. We are not all "great" blues players but enjoy other kinds of music that we excel at playing. But the point of the jams is for us to get together and have a good time, without being derided for not being "real artists" - whatever that means. Music is fun, first and foremost.
A Listener wrote on Jul 6, 2009 11:54 PM:
" It's true -- the basin has an ample share of talented, and even gifted musicians. A precious few are top notch professionals. The blues jam is a great place to while away a little time on a Thursday night, and the Mia's and Pia's jug bands are fun while you scarf pizza, but you'll miss the area's real artists if those venues are your only musical exposure...
No offense to the earnest budding performers playing the night away to sell beer for someone else; but you'll have to take in a summer musical at the Ragland to hear the basin's musically accomplished... Or, Ken White and the Esquire Orchestra represent generations of Klamath country music talent. You would be shocked to hear Brent Hakanson play piano. And if you haven't heard Ron Hauck sing and play bass at Mood Swing you're missing a truly accomplished musician. Take any chance to hear him, or Randy Roe, or Paul Walborn, or Suzanne Stewart. Take any chance to support not just the bars and coffee shops who cash in on 'live music' by offering jam sessions for guitar players starving to perform, but also to support the area's more experienced and less pervasive performers. Seek them out if you have to, and be prepared to pay a little for the craft they offer. They can play blues to o; and a whole lot more. "
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Pickel and The Beats - 3rd Thursday @ Waldo's
Pickel and the Beats...
Check them out on Facebook -> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pickel-and-the-Beats/151662750198
Check them out on Facebook -> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pickel-and-the-Beats/151662750198
Where do they go from here???
When there's nothing else,,, Where do they go from here?
When no-one cares anymore,,, Where do they go from here?
When education isn't important,,, Where do they go from here?
When my failures becomes theirs',,, Where do they go from here?
When their mother suffers in pain,,, Where do they go from here?
When they no longer need Daddy,,, Where do they go from here?
... I hope that my children know where to go,,, God...
When no-one cares anymore,,, Where do they go from here?
When education isn't important,,, Where do they go from here?
When my failures becomes theirs',,, Where do they go from here?
When their mother suffers in pain,,, Where do they go from here?
When they no longer need Daddy,,, Where do they go from here?
... I hope that my children know where to go,,, God...
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Death of the Master
The great Les Paul passed away and the world will never be the same!!!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2009/08/les-paul-1915-2009-.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2009/08/les-paul-1915-2009-.html
