show out or stay low

[reggiejanisian]

i have a question i know im not the only one who went through this before but how many of you have ever been at your church or another church and you felt like another musician who you know is good is staring at you or maybe he played before you and he kept looking at you like you cant touch him on the organ so when its your turn you sort of show out a lil bit i hope you understand what im saying so let me hear ya stories WHOS GOING TO BE FIRST?????????????????????????

[Big_Al]

I just I'll be first.

Let's not forget why we were choosen to play for GOD's temple. We are a choosen people. Each day we play/perform, we MUST present ourselves to GOD. We must be meek, and humble. In fact, our job is to usher in the annointing of GOD into his temple.

Don't worry about a musician who has his own agenda. That is his glory. Let GOD work thru you and you will be BLESSed. I hope this message helps. Keep the faith and continue to pray, and play.

-AL

[reggiejanisian]

thanks big al good story OK WHOS NEXT LET ME HEAR YA STORIES????????

[Spiritfingaz]

I’m not sure if this related to the topic exactly but here’s a situation I just had. I was the music director for a concert this Sunday and during P and W the leader started singing this song and I put some chords that accented the beat rather than laying a solid foundation, I thought it worked great the pocket was tight….etc. then the leader signaled that was going up so I played the V chord of the next key a half step up to show him I was moving with the change, well he decided to go a whole step, it took me about 2 seconds to realize this so I get the right key with him and I’m still playing. Well some guy from the crowd comes up and asks if he can play, me being the nice person I am lets him play and he plays it with simpler chords and lays more of a foundation….then he gets up and never says a word and goes back to the pew I had to force my hand to him so he’d shake it and I thanked him. This whole situation disrupted my spirit for the whole concert. It’s a shame and it shouldn’t have but I couldn’t help but wonder what made him do that or what made me allow him to play when things were going fine. Half of me (nothing but flesh) wanted to do all the runs I know and throw in all my Kevin Bond and John Peters chords for the rest of the concert, but I had to remind myself that I needed to get into the presence of the Lord quick otherwise I would be trying to show this random person in the crowd that I could play….

[reggiejanisian]

the way you handled that situation was perfect WHOS NEXT LET ME HEAR MORE STORIES

[mt_spiffy]

The very best industry musicians rarely rip and run and do anything flashy-- it's all about the pocket.  I think we go through stages:  first we cant play anything but basic, then we get start to learn some impressive stuff so we're trying to use it, "look I can play!", and eventually you get to a point where it's what you're not playing that makes you the better musician.  It's about being tasteful.

Unless, of course, you're "shedding"-- that's when you try to learn the best tricks off each other.

[musiqisme26]

its about maturity and being tasteful. i always play the way God gives it to me i can do some flashy things but if someone else is there and wants to prove to me he or she can play then i would say dont showout on my account cuz im not the one paying you. this is one of the reasons i love melvin crispell on organ

[organ man1990]

I had a situation to where someone a couple of years ago had booted me off the drums. Well I took that into initiative and practiced. Later (a year)
We saw each other and when he had played, he tried to sound like he was the stuff because he knew i was there. But he didn't know i had practed. After he was done, i got to play a shout music and needless to say i tore it up (not to highly esteem myself...)
and all he could to is sit back, look stupid and give me my props cuz he was playin from expereince but had sumthin better, i had the anointing of God playing inside me and everybody gave me my props. But always remember, there's always going to be someone bigger and badder than you. PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[reggiejanisian]

organman 1990 your right bro i enjoyed your story any others?