DiscourtesyDemotivation :(

[mick_wilson]

and this is why I love this site Bob you and others helping out .I m driving everyone mad here with my squeeking and sqwauking but heres something for ya a mate at work got interested after hearing i was learning Sax and asked me a few questions . did i think I was better than hime? no i advised him what I knew and advised this forum and website . hopefully we can learn from eachother and jam occasionally sharing new notes etc 😛 .I have been playing guitar since i was a kid but im not the best and never will be but i am helping a neighbour out with his guitar. does this make me a pro maybe because im willing to share my knowledge. have i ever said look how good I am no.


mick wilson
oh I got that yamaha mouthpeice today will test tomorrow

 

[RedBottom]

To me, professionalism is more about attitude than how well someone can play. The player who can only string a few notes together and cacks themselves before their first gig, but still has time to offer advice and help or maybe just a few encouraging words is a pro. Same goes for the player who's at the top of his tree but still has time for the trivial enquiries of a beginner. At either end of the scale, it's the player who knows how to behave like a human being who is the true professional in any field.

The one who plays a bit, teaches a bit and professes to know more than I ever will (even if that's true), the one for whom the only right way is their way, has no place to call themselves a professional even if they get paid millions for doing it.

So yes, Mick, in my book, that makes you a pro.

 

[Bobby G]

RedBottom wrote:
To me, professionalism is more about attitude than how well someone can play. The player who can only string a few notes together and cacks themselves before their first gig, but still has time to offer advice and help or maybe just a few encouraging words is a pro.

Wahey, I'm a pro!!!!!







That'll be thirty quid then please!

 

[Bobby G]

Ah yes, the encouraging words.... even if you don't particularly like someone's playing, you can always say something like 'Nice tone, man', or ask them about their setup or influences and no-one's feelings get hurt.

Back in the 70's, my partner Doreen worked in a record (remember them?) shop, and she has to this day an enduring blind spot about the Bee Gees. If a BG's fan was in the shop enthusing about them in her hearing, rather than saying 'they're cack', which is what she thought, she'd say something like 'well, yes, they are very popular' which in effect made the hapless BG's fan think Doreen was a fan too.

I've had to say the same about Amy Winehouse myself on more than one occasion >.<

 

[old_git]

Bob, I was trained as a teacher/coach and you would make a good teacher. You remember the pain when learning stops and you are heading backwards. You also remember how eventually it started to work. You also encourage others, a trait shared by all the posters, excepting me, you try to find the root of the problem and offer solutions. You realise that there is a theory side but also realise that there are some naturals who just improvise without the theory.
I have learnt from this thread too, I shall no longer say "You were total crap, mate." even if I believe it is true but "Nice strap mate,".

 

[Bobby G]

Thanks for those kind words Bill

 

[old_git]

Perfectly okay Bob.
The invoice is in the post.