mileswasanartist

May 15 '98

9:45 am

Miles Was an Artist

-Morgan Young

I can't get "Freddie Freeloader" out of my head the last couple of days.....maybe because it embodies: laid back, ease, effortlessness, cool, relaxing, stress-free vibes.....I can't seem to get near enough of that kind of cool good-for-you stuff. And, man, am I jonesin'. I can tell when real life is beating me up. Certain tunes will constantly run in my head. I'll daydream of just sitting at the kit just playing away.....versions of escapism that are subtle reminders that something is rotten in my own private Idaho. ( I keep dancing around the keyboard trying not to type in the culpret...) MY JOB............my job is driving me stone freakin' nuts! I don't want to reveal the details here, now...it is Saturday and to do so in detail would be to go to work....and I'm off today.... I still hear "Freddie", even over the growl of the lawn mower.... It is cool......

My self diagnosed untreated tinnitus seems to be bugging me more since going to see the Dave Weckl Band at the Jazz Kitchen. The high pitched whine seems louder and any seemingly annoying sound seems more bothersome. I should have taken some ear protection, cotton probably would have done. It is a little unsettling knowing that basically, when hearing goes it never returns. It puts me closer to mortality. A "sign". Yesterday, Mark asked me about fears of getting older, as he has done before. He, like myself, has seen his dad, clearly, in his actions....and is immediately forwarned of becoming older. To me, I see my open-mindedness getting more narrow. I don't have time or patience for music that's "just ok" (in my opinion). I seem to only have time for important "grown-up" stuff. It seems each generation gets artistically and intellectually more watered down. I see it historically. I see it in my generation and I see it in "Gen X". I think it's great when people have something to say(ie. musicians) I just want to see the "art" in their message. I want to see the skill in their delivery. I want them to say it in a way the "every man" cannot. I want the craftsmanship of the artist to command me listen. I don't want shear angst backlit by minimalistic skill. That disrepects the Arts. If you don't have the skill, but have something to say, be a politician, a lobbyist, a community activist, an anarchist. But whatever it is, do it with all God has given you. Put all you have into all you are. People respect that. People respect what is far from their ability. If you have honed a skill - not just hobbied it, that makes you an artist. People love artists. Hobbiests are easily dismissed.



	May 15 '98 9:45 am Miles Was an Artist -Morgan Young I can't get "Freddie Freeloader" out of my head the last couple of days.....maybe because it embodies: laid back, ease, effortlessness, cool, relaxing, stress-free vibes.....I can't seem to get near enough of that kind of cool good-for-you stuff. And, man, am I jonesin'. I can tell when real life is beating me up. Certain tunes will constantly run in my head. I'll daydream of just sitting at the kit just playing away.....versions of escapism that are subtle reminders that something is rotten in my own private Idaho. ( I keep dancing around the keyboard trying not to type in the culpret...) MY JOB............my job is driving me stone freakin' nuts! I don't want to reveal the details here, now...it is Saturday and to do so in detail would be to go to work....and I'm off today.... I still hear "Freddie", even over the growl of the lawn mower.... It is cool...... My self diagnosed untreated tinnitus seems to be bugging me more since going to see the Dave Weckl Band at the Jazz Kitchen. The high pitched whine seems louder and any seemingly annoying sound seems more bothersome. I should have taken some ear protection, cotton probably would have done. It is a little unsettling knowing that basically, when hearing goes it never returns. It puts me closer to mortality. A "sign". Yesterday, Mark asked me about fears of getting older, as he has done before. He, like myself, has seen his dad, clearly, in his actions....and is immediately forwarned of becoming older. To me, I see my open-mindedness getting more narrow. I don't have time or patience for music that's "just ok" (in my opinion). I seem to only have time for important "grown-up" stuff. It seems each generation gets artistically and intellectually more watered down. I see it historically. I see it in my generation and I see it in "Gen X". I think it's great when people have something to say(ie. musicians) I just want to see the "art" in their message. I want to see the skill in their delivery. I want them to say it in a way the "every man" cannot. I want the craftsmanship of the artist to command me listen. I don't want shear angst backlit by minimalistic skill. That disrepects the Arts. If you don't have the skill, but have something to say, be a politician, a lobbyist, a community activist, an anarchist. But whatever it is, do it with all God has given you. Put all you have into all you are. People respect that. People respect what is far from their ability. If you have honed a skill - not just hobbied it, that makes you an artist. People love artists. Hobbiests are easily dismissed.