Re: The Myth of Perfection
Originally Posted by
allenhopkins
Geez, I'm still striving for adequacy.
I think a musical life spent with folk music, has taught me that what we might call "imperfections," whether physical, acoustic, or intellectual, are part of character, can be revelatory, and given the generally heuristic (a practical method that is not guaranteed to be optimal, perfect, or rational, but is nevertheless sufficient for reaching an immediate, short-term goal or approximation) approach of folk-based music and related culture, should be not only accepted, but celebrated.
Anyway, that's how I defend all my musical mistakes. YMMV.
Agreed. As some sage said: if you hang onto your bad habits long enough, they become your "style."
Last edited by Ranald; Oct-23-2020 at 11:24am.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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