From: AM@highwire.net   
      
   "bogul"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns965F8C8A7C3D2bugulbugus@216.196.97.142...   
   > An interesting sub-plot the the original thread...   
   >   
   > I gotta ask. What are you seeking out in a "jam"?   
      
   A jam is simply people *playing* together.  No hierarchicality is   
   necessary - - - unless one is excessively egoistic.  No control is   
   necessary - - - unless one is excessively narrow-minded.  Obviously, Control   
   Freak Egomaniacs are psycho-spiritually incapable of meeting these two   
   crucial conditions.   
      
   > or... perhaps better stated... what to you would truly   
   > constitute a Jam?   
      
   This, I described in Paragraph 5 of the previous post:  "Union with the   
   Creative Force through an egalitarian, synergistic, co-creative process,   
   unfettered by subjective preconception of what must occur."   
      
   > For me personally... being still relatively new to   
   > bluegrass... I enjoy just listening and playing along.   
   > Some jams I've been to were more old time country than bluegrass,   
   > so those were not AS exciting.. but still interesting.   
   >   
   > My primary background has been guitar... but I've decided to branch   
   > out and am now playing mandolin and squareneck dobro now as well. This   
   > is what prompted my to seek out the jams.   
   >   
   > I'm also curious as to what artists you gravitate toward who exibit the   
   > qualities you value in bluegrass.   
      
   I like ALL music - - - just not all musicians.   
      
   AM   
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   "Oneness is not achieved through conformity or subordination, but   
   through the full expression of everyone's unique piece of the puzzle."   
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