FriendBurst Blog

I was the house guitarist at an O.M. tonight, which meant that whenever someone wanted a guitarist, I was it…I think I need to charge more for my services (yeah, that’ll happen) ‘cos it’s hard work…the hardest part might be putting up with egocentric assholes who seem to think they can do whatever the fuck they want simply because they’re them…I’ve known this guy (Mark) for 15 years and he hasn’t (as far as *I* can tell) gotten any better as a Musician…Whereas I feel I’ve gotten better as a guitarist, albeit SLOWLY…A mutual friend tells me he writes good songs…he doesn’t play those at the O.M.; I know that the audience for original Music is a small one, at least in MY neighborhood…what he DOES do is take songs we both love and grew up with and slaughter them…A guy came out and brought a guitar that just wasn’t loud enuff no matter what we did–never mind the technical explanation, you’ll just have to trust me…When I got back from taking a much needed break I noticed he was playing thru MY amp, without my permission…Had I actually been asked, I would said “Yeah, let’s try it…” Mark at one point came to the stage and was about to make adjustments to MY Amp when I told him agressively “Don’t EVEN fuckin’ try it…” He really likes the anarchy of this particular O.M., he doesn’t go to any others except the one where he plays HIS songs…A friend of mine said Mark sat with him and kept asking “Should I go up onstage and help out? Do ya think [the featured performer] would mind?” THAT’S just plain nuts IMHO…My Ego can be fairly big sometimes, but I don’t think it’s ever that needy…I KNEW the O.M. was gonna be fun AND not fun, and I was right…I actually thought about friending Mark on Facebook so I could “express myself” and then un-friend him, but THAT’S crazy too…he left before I had the chance to “discuss” anything with him, I actually think he was afraid of me…it feels good to be feared…I DO need to work on being able to tolerate those who *I* believe are less talented than me, but some of those people are aware that they have lots to learn (I know there’s never a point where *I* can say “I know it all now”) my beef is with those who seem to think they already know it all, or those (admittedly few) people who know next to nothing, but don’t know that they know nothing…a woman I know who can’t sing and has a “flexible” sense of rhythm sez she wants to form a CHER tribute band–*I* wanna know who she’s gonna get to play CHER…This woman is short, chubby and wears glasses with lenses thick as molasses…she MIGHT be able to play SONNY, if she cuts her hair and wears a fake moustache…Welcome to my World…But for now, Life is Good and for THAT I’m grateful…