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RE: An accidental find to fit these times....

I remember once, when I was a little squirt, my older brother took me to a PP&M concert. PP&M were in the twilight of their popularity by that time and so we were able to slide out of our stage level seats and get behind the curtain where we could see the group come in. We were thrilled to see them begin tuning their guitars. The entire time we were enjoying this scene, my brother, who at the time fancied himself a musician, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, had been making piping noises on a recorder he had recently taken an affection to. The tune he was playing had no recognizable counterpart in western music, having no consistent rhythm, tuning, or any sort of acknowledgement of notes or scales.

Still, I've observed a certain resemblance among innumerable other folks who considered themselves to be "musicians." Much like most other ideas, the idea that the sounds they are making could be unpleasant to others simply never enters their minds.

So here are my brother and I, sited to look back stage at PP&M, my brother tooting and whistling on his recorder, when suddenly Mary breaks away from the group to walk over to us and very politely ask my brother to stop what he was doing so the group could get in tune.

After having suffered from that recorder for weeks, and as much as I wanted to laugh to at my brother, the graciousness Mary beamed upon we two with her expression simply struck both of us dumb. Without a word, we slid back to our original seats and enjoyed a great show.

JE



Edits: 06/05/20

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