06.30.08
Calling yourself a “musician”
If you want to call yourself a musician, this is the minimum that I ask: Be able to play a few songs at a party without any music. Someone asks you to play and you don’t have to dig out a book of songs and read something from it, you can just pull something out of your head, or make something up on the spot. (I think quite a few college students studying music and classical musicians would be disqualified) I really don’t think that is asking very much at all!
Check this out, I think Bireli Lagrene qualifies (watch this all the way through, you’ll be glad you did!):
David
PS Thanks to Beau Sample for sending me this video…