Friday, August 21, 2009

DO I NEED NOTES ?

OK NOW THIS MIGHT SEEM LIKE A NAMEDROP SESSION HERE TODAY AND I DONT MEAN IT TOO,BUT ITS TO TRY FIGURE SOMETHING OUT HERE..IVE PLAYED IN EVERY MAJOR STADIUM IN THE USA,THE BUDOKAN IN JAPAN ,IVE PLAYED WITH THE LIKES OF ROBERT PLANT,DAVID BYRON KEN HENSLEY ERIC CLAPTON,ROBIN TROWER RANDY CALIFORNIA,ALBERT LEE,ERIC BIBB,PETE HAYCOCK.AND A HOST OF MANY OTHER WORLD TALENTS AND I HAVE ONLY EVER GOT A BIT NERVOUS WAY ,WAY BACK, IN THE PAST..50 000.PEOPLE RIGHT UP TO 160,000 AT A 3 DAY EVENT ,UPSTATE NEW YORK BACK IN THE 70,S,...........MY POINT? I HAVE JUST BEEN ASKED TO HAVE A TALK WITH MUSIC STUDENTS AT THE LOCAL MUSIC COLLEGE,ON THE MUSIC BUSINESS,AND PLAYING LIVE AND IN THE STUDIO ETC ,GENERALLY ABOUT MY EXPLOITS AND STORIES FROM THE ROAD ....NOW .I AM SELF TAUGHT PLAYER,NEVER SOUGHT OUT A TEACHER IN FACT DIDNT KNOW YOU COULD HAVE SOMEONE TEACH YOU ABOUT MUSIC ,SO I DID IT ALL MYSELF AND WATCHED AND LEARNT FROM MY PEERS,AND THE THOUGHT OF STANDIN UP IN FRONT OF A BUNCH OF ASPIRING YOUNG PLAYERS WHO PROBABLY KNOW MORE ABOUT MUSIC THAN I WILL EVER KNOW,SCARES THE LIVIN CRAP OUT OF ME.ITS NOT THAT I CANT SPEAK,OR TELL STORIES ,OR CAN EVEN PASS ON SOME ADVICE TO THEM ,ITS JUST THE ACTUAL REALITY OF STANDING OUT THERE AND DOING IT .I LOVE TO TEACH ,ONE ON ONE , BUT A GROUP OF THEM TO TALK TO GIVES ME THE HORRORS.WEIRD ISNT IT? I HOPE I CAN OVERCOME THIS FEELING OF DREAD CAUSE I REALLY WANT TO DO IT AND ITS SOON TOO,SO I HAVE TO BITE THE BULLET AND DO THIS .I JUST CANT GET AROUND THE FACT IT SCARES ME TO DEATH........
ANYONE OUT THERE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM? DROP ME A LINE THEN OK SEE YA !!!!










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1 comment:

  1. Hi Pete,
    With all of the great musicians that you've played with I'm pretty sure you'll do just fine. After all it's furture musicians you'll be speaking with. There's nothing to it, just do it. Good luck.
    Jerry

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