the other MADD

        I think of myself as a big Neil Young fan; but really I stopped following him diligently around 1991 or so...I have drifted away from a lot of the Music of my youth...I picked up lots of new favorites--only to drift away from them as well, like Jonatha Brooke--yes, I spelled it right...My term for this is Musical Attention Deficit Disorder (MADD) and I believe it is connected to ADD, although I suppose they might be completely separate...and ADD kinda sucks, no doubt about that...especially in the workplace, for instance...

                     When it comes to listening to Music, I would say that I know a song or two by a heck of a lot of Artists, from the 50s to the 80s...that's because of Mom and her fondness for (60s) Country, Top 40AM radio, and FM radio in addition to me witnessing the early days of MTV...   I didn't like all of it, and so maybe it doesn't make sense that I can, as a guitarist, play songs I don't like well enough that you would   recognize 'em, but a lotta times I can do that...I would say I'm not a casual listener...there's nothing wrong with being a casual listener, I just don't think I am one...but I AM a moody listener...and that's because of MADD I think...or maybe everybody is to some degree...

              This other MADD affects players as much as listeners...it is a more serious problem for players; I know that from personal experience;  It can affect the legends and icons of Rock and Roll we love so much as well IMO...Nirvana didn't stop because of it, but the Beatles did...at least, that's what Lennon told Tom Snyder in 1975...

            I've ended quite a few of my Musical relationships because of MADD, that kinda sucks too...From what I've seen of my local contemporaries, generally, they don't have that problem ...rather than leave one band to join another, the trend seems to be to keep 'em both going...I myself am in a band AND a duo--with the leader of that Band...That's probably as much of a Musical double life as I can manage at this point in time...maybe someday that will change...the band and the duo are Musically similar...I think I'm fine with that, it has its' advantages...and yet, I would like to do something "different"--whatever that means...

             
                 

Music heals, probably

          Last night I was re-united with an old friend...well, he's roughly the same age...His Life seems "fuller" than mine...that's nobody's fault but mine...and I never forget that...I sat in with him and his band, using the term "band" somewhat loosely...He and I were in a Band together (what seems like) a long LONG time ago...I almost felt like I was taking a journey back in time--but I wasn't...I was definitely in 2017...And as much as we both have changed, we still had the chemistry...or maybe that's what I tell myself...As far as *I* could see, the audience was enjoying itself and the Musicians were having a good time too...That is important, but not always easy to accomplish...Last night we did--I think...it was probably the first time I felt instantly comfortable with someone else's guitar...