Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!GENESEO!SEG92 From: SEG92@GENESEO.BITNET (the Talking Drum) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic Subject: Re: Expertise.... Message-ID: Date: 7 Feb 90 20:19:00 GMT Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music Reply-To: Discussions on all forms of Music Lines: 8 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway X-Envelope-to: ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET X-VMS-To: IN%"ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET" And anyway, it's not how long you've played or how well you play, it's how well you set your sights and how much your playing pleases yourself. I have played for four years now and am better than people who hve been playing longer . . . but at the same time, I know a guy who has been playing 1.5 years and can kick the sh*t out of me behind his set. Who cares? What difference does it make? Music is for personal enjoyment, not for anything else (what else could it be used for? It's all subjective.) and it is therefore impossible to brag about. --the philosophical drum