Steamer
Platinum Member
Well, I've got firsthand experience that goes back 30 years, and I haven't been making anything up, so we'll just have to agree that our experiences have been different.
Seems fair to me.
Yes indeed.... we all have a different story to tell from our own experiences so that why generalizations bug me so much but be clear i'm not directing that comment squarely at you Mike by any stretch as you have your own stories i'm sure to tell after all those years.
Peace.......
I see you modified your post:
I'll just add my experiences were hard learning experiences early on the bandstand but as clearly stated they were done out of love for the music and being all about the music and were NEVER mean spirited personally towards the individual sitting behind the kit since it all about being a better player and pushing myself harder to learn the jazz language and develop a jazz concept, chops had nothing to do with it since I had plenty of those even when is was young with my early rudimental training.
No malice was ever intended that's the clear big difference as I already laid in my earlier posts. Looking back those were some of the best milestone changing experiences for me in becoming a pro musician and what was expected from me not just as a drummer but at being a musician and not something I look back on as a negative experience at all.
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