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For all who will listen,

I had a dream a few nights ago; implying that I do not have dreams every night, which is false, but might as well be true because I never remember them. That said, it was one of those "half-dreams." I was just dozing off and wasn't completely gone yet when it occurred. Either way, in the dream I was on some kind of talk show and the lady asked me to characterize the musician's mental path through life. At this point I woke up, but I sat in bed hashing the question over in my mind.

After my conference of insomnia, in which I arrived to the answer unexpectedly quickly, I decided the serious musician's life (from my perspective) is represented by inferiority, loneliness, and insatiability. Obviously negative terms, I'm not trying to get all emotional here and cry you a river but seldom is this far from accurate. I'll break down why I feel this way.

I say inferiority because, from my own experiences, no matter how good I feel about my playing on any given day, I am perpetually put in my place by the great players who are far better than myself.

With this comes the insatiable desire to get better because, no matter how good you get, there is always something more to learn, something to improve on.

It is then lonely because no one, no matter how musically similar, ever thinks exactly the way you do. On the more presently lonely hand, it's difficult to find anyone at all who can think and converse with you on a musical level that furthermore has a similar mindset as you.

All negative, they all come together to make said person better though. Inferiority breeds discipline. Insatiability breeds motivation. Loneliness breeds independence and originality.

Just some thoughts.

Introduction

For all who will listen,

Thank you for coming here to witness my opinion. Though it is small, and I am fairly sure few will ever actually read this, no opinion is without worthiness of being heard and I wish to voice mine. To paraphrase Voltaire, whether or not I agree with your opinion I would defend to the death your right to voice it.

I digress. I created this with the interest of writing down my ideas and thoughts about the poor state of the music industry and the superb music that, sadly, manages to fly under its radar. I am a music major in college and, while that should mean nothing to the intelligent skeptic and musician, I consider myself to have a musically sound opinion (which should further mean nothing to the intelligent skeptic and musician, and with good reason). I am some kind of musician. To put it better, I am a soul in constant pursuit of the very music that continually pursues me. More primarily I am some kind of bassist who has played in bands that more frequently match the genres of Alternative Rock, Blues Rock, and Ambient/Instrumental. Although I have a soft spot for Rock and Roll (infinitely different from what the common people of today view as "rock") I enjoy playing Jazz, Funk, and Classical Music.

Through this blog I plan on writing about whatever the hell should take refuge in my head, pertaining to music. As a human (and as I believe it is every human's duty) I consider myself to be some kind of philosopher, in that I analyze the world around me and fabricate theories about it based on my own understanding. In this respect, I apply this principle to the music I play and listen to. I plan to voice these thoughts as the main focus of this blog. Although I would never limit myself to this, many other idea will ensue with the most common likely being the music I am currently listening to and new albums or music news that should come my way.

If you have made it this far, thanks for already putting up with me. More will surely come. I hope that you are intrigued and can relate and learn from my opinions. Thanks.

-Jordan