tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988931.post1602378361611619780..comments2023-10-29T08:36:19.898-05:00Comments on The Black Torrent Guard: Stupid Machine!Andy H-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01641430171450661799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988931.post-43052562564960671832007-09-04T09:12:00.000-05:002007-09-04T09:12:00.000-05:00Well I've certainly been doing that. Other than oc...Well I've certainly been doing that. Other than occasionally mining for performance rep I've scarcely listened to any guitar. Maybe I miss it and hence the fretting. (Get it? Ugh....) In fact, pretty much <I>all</I> of my listening has been hijacked by trying to fill this "classical meat" hole.<BR/><BR/>But you can't tell me that everyone feeling dumb after a conversation among academics is solely because we're all so aware of how little we know. There are predators out there, that's why we have peripheral vision.Andy H-Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641430171450661799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988931.post-1726967789611738172007-09-04T04:26:00.000-05:002007-09-04T04:26:00.000-05:00Eh . . . I don't think your repertoire background ...Eh . . . I don't think your repertoire background really matters in the long term. Or even the medium term. I went into musicology with piano training and a whole lotta piano-geek knowledge, almost none of which I've ever used for anything, either in grad school or subsequently. Just listen to a lot of music and don't limit yourself to the instrument you play.<BR/><BR/>You will always feel dumb in conversations with other academics. They, in turn, will feel dumb when they talk to you. That's the core experience of being in academia.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16228000852252620935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14988931.post-78071703127156936592007-09-02T22:18:00.000-05:002007-09-02T22:18:00.000-05:00We can be mopey ill-prepared musicologists togethe...We can be mopey ill-prepared musicologists together. At least you can plug yours in and talk about Les Paul.....er something.....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238051074985415973noreply@blogger.com