The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #147439 Message #3421991
Posted By: GUEST,Peter Laban
18-Oct-12 - 10:08 AM
Thread Name: learning to play by ear?
Subject: RE: learning to play by ear?
'And yes of course the whole point of learning the tunes is to get out there and play with others (barring some perverse musical onanism).
re crap sessions, it takes time to sort the wheat from the chaff, the good session may be miles away or your mates don't like the pub....: and if you're a reasonable player isn't there some sort of moral obligation to support the inexperienced?'
There's a whole lot there I am a bit uneasy with. I know a lot of players who love playing music for the sake of it, and I would include myself in their number, whose prime objective is not to 'get out there and play with others'. Playing with others can be great and at times it can be exasperating. But it's not the be all end all of playing music.