The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131381   Message #2965684
Posted By: Melissa
15-Aug-10 - 11:46 AM
Thread Name: Playing with worse musicians
Subject: RE: Playing with worse musicians
What do you get to teach, Susan?
I think maybe the talking/singing thing works the same way as doing housework while singing/talking while watching the oven and keeping an ear on the kids...and I bet you'll be doing it without noticing if you will be playing while you teach.

We used to have a fiddler who got kind of sick. His meds put him to sleep sometimes.
One night, we were playing along..he fell asleep and kept playing! Naturally, we all kept playing too. He couldn't see the feet going up because his eyes were closed..he didn't hear our host saying his name..his timing and bowing stayed solid and he just kept on going until I poked him and whispered that he was wearing me out and ought to lift his foot.



The Dunning-Kruger thing has been rolling around in my mind since somebody gave a link a couple days ago. The sad thing about it is that it seems like some of the finest examples are the ones employers choose first.