Musicians

[Izzy]

Re: Musicians

To me, it just means it sounds good to someone to an uneducated ear. So it means you play well for a basic audience, but not necessarily for an audience of musicians. I play the Tenor Saxophone if you're wondering

I find it better if your music is pleasing to the general populous rather then a select group of individuals. Maybe..

[who_cares973]

Re: Musicians

this doesnt just apply to music you know. i get praised all the time for my drawings which arent very good. i always feel like people are just trying to make me feel better by saying my drawings are good. id much rather people tell what i can do to improve instead of "omg you draw so amazingly O_O"

[Reincarnate]

Re: Musicians

In general, we tend to be our own harshest critics.

If someone compliments you but then you turn around and start pointing out how you screwed up, that's actually being rude to the other person because you're essentially saying "Your compliment doesn't matter and your taste is so poor that you missed all these obvious mistakes of mine." If you do that often, you can guarantee that people are going to stop complimenting you.

Feeling uneasy about neophytes praising you... that's something totally dripping with insecurity. Learning to play ANY instrument takes some degree of skill, and so if someone gives you a compliment for how you play, just take it at face value and tell them thanks. Not a huge deal if you didn't care for your own performance nearly as much. :P

[Rubin0]

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Why play in public if you don't want people to comment? I find most people are too shy to say anything 99% of the time when they want to say something nice, so if they are going out of their way whether they know about music or not, it's a really good pat on the back IMO.

[Mans0n]

Re: Musicians

I dont play an instrument, but i **** the shit out of Fruity loops and usually something magical occurs every time.


haaha

[wordsfailme]

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I play guitar, and have a lot of friends saying they love my playing, but I usually work hard to learn songs they've told me are some of their favourites, so I guess I'm sorta buttering them up for compliments. Either way, I tend to tell them what I messed up afterwards, cause it's bugging me x)