| | uh... no, no i don't...
i had an encounter recently that reminded me that i don't fare well towards cockyness when it comes to music... basically, that if i don't know someone's playing intimately first, they'll get the cold shoulder from me if they're gonna try being braggy.
here's the anecdote:
so the other day, a fellow i know says to me, "sometimes ... i just feel like going into Guitar Center (a store), picking up a [insert favorite brand of instrument] bass, and showing off."
this was a comment to which i didn't know how to respond. a little background info: this fellow and i are closer to acquaintances than friends; he's played electric bass in a few amateur bands (i think) but nothing much more; he knows i'm a conservatory-trained professional musician; and, we've never heard each other play.
in that split second that he said this, my mind flashed through the following questions:
1. how good does he think he is? (he must think pretty highly of himself, if he's going to go into a store and 'show off') ...
2. is he comparing himself to me (like, is he insinuating something?)
3. why would someone want to do that?
4. what makes someone say something like that?
5. what reaction does he expect to solicit from me??
so, to dodge whatever was being expected (if there was anything being expected), i politely shrugged and said, "oh. i usually don't go into those places," and thus leaving out the parenthetical comment "because of people like you, who say and do things like that."
then, excused myself to go get another beer (we were in a bar), and just kind of left things like that. |
| | Posted 2/19/2006 11:25 PM - 3 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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