Spaw - yes, you are immature, but not about truly important things!

Several people complain about the BS threads, and the Non-Music threads, and I would like to say a few things about that:

1. Music comes out of life, out of interactions between people and their environment. To me, discussions about life enrich my musical sensitivity.

2. In all the bands and orchestras I've been in, my best musical and personal experience so far is my Brass Quintet. (Which plays some classical arrangements of folk music, so bear with me!) We joke around all the time, discuss our personal lives, bitch, complain, yada-yada. The music we make together is incredible. Two people started out playing together 6 years ago, I came by 3 years ago, one of the Trumpets came 2 years ago, and our Trombone player came last year. We only decided to be a quintet last year, and we have already blown several audiences away, and won several scholarships and awards in area Kiwanis Music Festivals. Sometimes we can't even play the music the day before a performance, and somehow we always pull through. Because the personal connection is there as well as the musical 'chops'.

3. I don't know anything about folk music, and I would love to know more. So I hang out at Mudcat, and contribute when I can. The BS threads keep me coming back. The BS threads are where I connect to people here. Occasionally, when I know what to look for, I do a search in the DT.
The BS threads are where I can be a part of this Mudcat community. Hopefully, I've made some friends here, and I definitely have a whole list of music to look up. (Time, I need more time, where do I find more time...)

Draw your own conclusions, as always.

~*sirepseh*~