Is he still an active Witness?
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GodÂ’s Hero[s]
by Norm inthose who are believers and worry about meeting gods standard for moral, ethics and general behavior seem to have very little to worry about.
at least if we are to take the bible serious.
most christians seems to be very selective in such matters.
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What is good and what is bad music?
by hillary_step ina hundred years ago or so, when women did not all look the same and screech like ancient hinges, and strip malls were just a nightmare in a squirrels mind, i wrote a jazz column for a newspaper.
it did not last long as i was eaten up by the wt and became a regular pioneer with an irregular notion and a pile of scruffy s8's.. .
i well remember one issue in which i took great exception to a comment made by duke ellington which seemed to me to be far to general and subjective to make much sense.
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Loved that comment about Charlie Parker at the juke box - right on man!
Cool! I remember hearing that in the Ken Burns' Jazz documentary. Which, (although it has its faults)is definitely worth watching.
Usually you hear about the MC5, the Stooges, the Velvet Underground
You know, as much as I've tried, I've never been able to get into that Detroit/New York stuff(add Patti Smith, Television, Richard Hell, New York Dolls, and solo Cale to the list). It always seems like a lot of pretense, attitude, posturing and very little else.
Is there something wrong with me?
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What is good and what is bad music?
by hillary_step ina hundred years ago or so, when women did not all look the same and screech like ancient hinges, and strip malls were just a nightmare in a squirrels mind, i wrote a jazz column for a newspaper.
it did not last long as i was eaten up by the wt and became a regular pioneer with an irregular notion and a pile of scruffy s8's.. .
i well remember one issue in which i took great exception to a comment made by duke ellington which seemed to me to be far to general and subjective to make much sense.
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Coryell himself has taken this stance towards his early music, why do you have such difficulty doing so?....lol
The only difficulty I have with his music is actually listening to it.
Not much of a fan to say the least.
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What is good and what is bad music?
by hillary_step ina hundred years ago or so, when women did not all look the same and screech like ancient hinges, and strip malls were just a nightmare in a squirrels mind, i wrote a jazz column for a newspaper.
it did not last long as i was eaten up by the wt and became a regular pioneer with an irregular notion and a pile of scruffy s8's.. .
i well remember one issue in which i took great exception to a comment made by duke ellington which seemed to me to be far to general and subjective to make much sense.
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Please explain where I have even *intimated* any such thing? Do you actually read what a person posts before you reply? It is a sure sign that you are going to read illogic when you hear many XJW's use the word 'logic'.
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In the 80's he went back to music school and learned the basics of music, which he had never done. He was humble enough to admit that compared with what he could achieve with musical training, what he did in the past faded into insignificance. How do his fans measure what is of better quality in his music, what sounds good to their ears, or what has been achieved with greater training.
"..what he did in the past faded into insignificance." To me that means you feel that what he did before receiving "academic training" is now essentially useless music. Yet you did enjoy it at one time?
And yes, I do read what a person posts before I reply.
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What is good and what is bad music?
by hillary_step ina hundred years ago or so, when women did not all look the same and screech like ancient hinges, and strip malls were just a nightmare in a squirrels mind, i wrote a jazz column for a newspaper.
it did not last long as i was eaten up by the wt and became a regular pioneer with an irregular notion and a pile of scruffy s8's.. .
i well remember one issue in which i took great exception to a comment made by duke ellington which seemed to me to be far to general and subjective to make much sense.
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What do you mean by proper? Robert Johnson, arguably one of the most gifted of the blues guitarists was a terrible player. He disappeared for two years and returned a uniquely gifted player. He would not reveal who taught him, but he was trained. It is obvious that a person who is musically trained is more competent than one who is not.
Well, what do you mean by "training"? I use the term "proper" as your posts show a strong leaning towards academic, institutional training. To me, training means a lot of things, least of which is "book" learning.
The more training that a person has in their genre, the better the music they make. The more trained an ear is to music in its genre, the better the undestanding of that ear will be.
Actually, I would say the more knowledge a person has of all genres, the better music they will make in their chosen genre.
Can you name who you consider to be a great musician - then we can discuss who or who did not train them?
I named five: Miles, Coltrane, Mingus, Monk, and Bird.
By the way, are you a professional musician?
No, I'm about as amature as they come. I could never really learn to play guitar, so I ended up making them instead. Go figure! -
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A JW has an interactive 2004 preaching map on his website
by acsot indon't know if it will link directly or if you have to type the url into your browser.
http://www.ilabmedia.com/service_year/
in case you need help with the "ministry school" or if you are the talk coordinator, there are all kinds of helpful hints on his website.
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That's great!
You can do an automatic ratio of "hours to baptized" for any country.
6,205 in the US!
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Are You For or Against The Death Penalty?
by minimus inpersonally, i have nothing against executing wanton murderers.
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it implies either I'm an idiot or a liar
Not at all what I was implying. Just that everyone tends to filter things through what they already believe.
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What is good and what is bad music?
by hillary_step ina hundred years ago or so, when women did not all look the same and screech like ancient hinges, and strip malls were just a nightmare in a squirrels mind, i wrote a jazz column for a newspaper.
it did not last long as i was eaten up by the wt and became a regular pioneer with an irregular notion and a pile of scruffy s8's.. .
i well remember one issue in which i took great exception to a comment made by duke ellington which seemed to me to be far to general and subjective to make much sense.
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Question for Hillary_Step when he returns:
What is enjoyed as good music by the untrained ear, is not neccessarily viewed as good music by the trained ear.
So you feel a person needs "proper" training to know what is "good" music.
Does a person need "proper" training to make "good" music?
Obviously not, as many, if not most of the great musicians of our time, had little if any "proper" training.
So how can someone naturally make "good" music, but another person can't naturaly hear "good" music?