Thanks guys. This is not something I would like to do every day but sometimes it is fun.

The internet has exposed me to many people and things I would not have been exposed to otherwise. I get ask to play on collaborations of styles of music I hardly know exist, must less have any real skill in dealing with. It is often a very frustrating experience basically because the lack of a way to communicate.

I try not to be too judgmental about what it sounds like. There are zillions of people who are making “music” that I don’t understand and am not attracted to. They want to be part of the process and interact with other people. I think it is important to give some help to people who ask for help even when they have no real idea of what they are asking for.

Often someone will play a group of totally unrelated chords and then ask me and others to make a song from that chord progression without changing it or write some unrelated words and ask for one of us to sing it.

Well…lol…the outcome is generally less than great, but it did give that person the feeling of being part of creating something. There is far too much exclusion in this world and far too little inclusion.

Cheers,

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”