From: AM@highwire.net   
      
   "bogul"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns9666E89B531E0bugulbugus@129.250.170.93...   
   > [Major Snip to preserve sanity]   
   >   
   > AM.   
   >   
   > I guess to wrap it up. I can't make up for the past musical injustice   
   > done since I haven't a clue what has actually transpired.Nor can I really   
   > attempt to do so. I have gone to 4 different bluegrass/old time jams in   
   > my illustriously short bluegrass career. They have ranged from exciting   
   > to snoozers. I've even gone to the local senior citizens center (I'm 40)   
   > and "jammed" with folks mostly 30 years my senior. I can't say I was   
   > inspired, but I learned quite a few things and felt truly appriciated   
   > just for coming out and being there.   
   >   
   > I guess my final thought would be ... these folks need you in their jam.   
   > They might not "get it" for a while ... or ever. But to let narrow minds   
   > prevent you from participating and adding your flavor to the music is   
   > simply not to be tollerated. Perhaps you could learn to "redneck it up"   
   > just a little but still maintain your sense of where you'd like to go...   
   > who knows...but I'd hate to see both parties miss out on something so   
   > cool just 'cause the guy at the mixer is a prick.   
   >   
   > b   
      
   I'm heading the other direction and commencing a boycott of all "organized"   
   participatory musical events.  I intend to buy a boombox and jam with all   
   the best musicians from any time and place in history with or without   
   electricity.  If I desire electricity where it is otherwise unavailable, I   
   use an RV battery which I always keep charged, just for that purpose.  I can   
   also burn original accompanying CDs at home and take them with me.  Living   
   humans are, apparently, only capable of "screwing up" the creative process.   
      
   The only bluegrass jam I ever really enjoyed was in the most liberal town in   
   our area, had about 12 *extremely* good players, which included some   
   non-standard instruments such as an alto sax(!) played softly enough to   
   work.  It was like a bluegrass chamber orchestra and a full-house Saturday   
   night crowd seemed to enjoy it thoroughly.  It was the only bluegrass jam at   
   which I was not interfered with, and I was paid many compliments for weeks   
   thereafter.   
      
   Miraculously and most ironically, ALL ANYONE HAS TO SAY OR DO IS NOTHING!   
      
   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."   
     --AM, the Synthesist   
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