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adde65
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Location: Adelaide, South Australia
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 Re: hate mail! Basically, there's good criticism and there's bad criticism. The former generally originates from a place of honesty and integrity.
Cheers,
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AnDroiD
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Location: Jersey
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Re: hate mail! Brahms said, "If I failed to offend anyone, I apologise."
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Peace, Marty
"The present day composer refuses to die" -Edgar Varese
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wferguson
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Location: Live Oak, CA
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Re: hate mail! greg wrote: Just thought I'd share this one I got today I've been criticized on YouTube and on forums before, but this is the first time anyone has ever bothered to send a message to me personally. advantage@xxxxxxxx.com
Subject: General performance on the Stick
Date: April 14, 2012 8:27:54 AM EDT
To: Stickist@aol.com
It amazes me that after so many years of playing the stick, you cannot play IN TEMPO with your right hand and left hand. Everyone who plays piano gets this but you continue to screw up your work with this fault.
It makes no sense.
Maybe it's your arrogance.
- Karen FinlaysenI think I know who sent me this, and I don't think this person is named Karen (but it's not who you might think it is either...) Then it means you're doing something right.
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glennfin
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Location: Winston Salem, NC
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Re: hate mail! .... Words to live by Greg!... absolutely the best advise. Thank you for posting that. For years I felt "inadequate" as a musician because I couldn't sight-read sheet music (in real time) and wasn't formally trained. After a while I started to realize that many of the famous musicians I looked up to were just the same... (Django Reinhardt, Jeff Beck, etc...) greg wrote: I harbor no illusions about my own failings as a musician, and I'd encourage any of you who feel like you aren't "good enough" to not let those feelings stop you from sharing your creativity with the world.
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Per Boysen
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Re: hate mail! LOL! I was sad that I couldn't make a good living in music - until I found out that most of my musical heroes also are amateur players 
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glennfin
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Re: hate mail! Is that what happened to you Per?? Per Boysen wrote: LOL! I was sad that I couldn't make a good living in music - until I found out that most of my musical heroes also are amateur players
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glennfin
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Re: hate mail! Hey Per, who makes a "good living in music these days" anyway??? no one I know! Ha!!  Per Boysen wrote: LOL! I was sad that I couldn't make a good living in music - until I found out that most of my musical heroes also are amateur players
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Per Boysen
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Location: Stockholm/Sweden
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Re: hate mail! To go just a little deeper into this topic; I've found that for the taste in music that I have it doesn't make artistic sense to work fulltime as a performing musician anyway. That is because I tend to dig personal expression and a storytelling approach in instrumental music, and if a musicians rarely does other activities than performing his music - what story shall his music then tell?
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AnDroiD
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Location: Jersey
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Re: hate mail! What?...
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Jan Hellman
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Location: Stockholm/Sweden
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Re: hate mail! I love Greg´s music and his playing. Would love to meet Greg one day since I´m convinced he´s also a great person that would be fun to hang with. My two cents regarding this.....
Allt the best//Jan
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