General Music Chat

Over the last 5 yrs, there have been many postings on this subject to which I wrote a THEESIS.. (hell, I dont even know what that word means it just sounded right.. ) BUT, what I DO KNOW from yrs of being in raod bands IS.The Drummer IS gonna be the most likely "problem child" with drugs,women, emotional issues. etc.Demographics dont seem to matter.Ive lived in 13 states, toured 38 , Canada and Mexico and keep arriving at the same conculsions about the distinguishing characteristics lableling players.I think all drivin people have an imbalance that will manifest itself to qualify as "weird"to those who socierty deems as "normal"BUT, the line is getting more blurred all the time.WEIRD is becoming the NEW NORM I think.Those of us who know we arent "quite right" and dont seem to fit into societal norms know this early on. Being a Drummer at 8 yrs old pretty much doomed my teen yrs.Full blown alki at 18.. Bass players that I knew in 75 are still layed back like a mud duck ..dont give a F*** ...Keyboard players were pricks then , their pricks now.Never could put my finger on the Gtr player???..(mixtured of all to some degree).But yeah,nowdays , how dare someone call a musician weird???.Just watching youtube for an HR should show that we need a new word depicting weird.As musicians, we no longer rate.We've been upstaged.

Thats pretty much how I see it too and your right about keys they are pricks,but were does the kazoo player fit in hmm

I get called "the weirdo."

Let me explain that people that don't understand you will be the first to call you weird.

Then again, it's generally the most mundane, boring morons that even bother to go there.

You can make people dumb by hitting them in the head, but it won't make them smarter or more creative and they despise that which they can't become overnight.

Just forget it, chalk it up to boredom.