tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332552079560509739.post6530879128466452499..comments2022-12-09T08:30:20.632-08:00Comments on Thoughts Of The Day: I Could Have Been.....Dom Minasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09838302919405392722noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332552079560509739.post-88226715972663915692010-08-24T21:12:29.058-07:002010-08-24T21:12:29.058-07:00PS. You tweet???PS. You tweet???Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06938071763658679609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332552079560509739.post-1148264059159401662010-08-24T21:10:56.604-07:002010-08-24T21:10:56.604-07:00Lady who??? :)
Music is something that comes fro...Lady who??? :)<br /><br />Music is something that comes from your soul. If you are a true musician, your soul shines through and you touch people, move people with the very thing that is such an integral part of who you are. If the 'tune' of your music doesn't reach out and grab someone, or if the words don't have any meaning or make any sense, if the melody doesn't touch someone else's heart.... Well then you were never meant to connect. <br /><br />Singing does that for me. I'm not American Idol material, but when I sing I am baring my soul for all the world to see. If I can get just one person in my audience to feel how I feel when I sing a song, I've made a deeper connection with that person than hours of intense conversation could ever accomplish. <br /><br />Real musicians, those who share from the heart, from their soul, they don't need stupid monickers like Lady Gaga, don't need gimicks or smoke and mirrors. They play their instruments (be it guitar or voice or piano or kazoo) with their soul. And if they reach someone else in the process, well that's the magic of it all!<br /><br />JoanneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06938071763658679609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332552079560509739.post-3402008212003541532010-08-24T20:27:34.781-07:002010-08-24T20:27:34.781-07:00You are so right. I just had to get this off of my...You are so right. I just had to get this off of my chest when I read it. Is this what we have come down too?<br />It's not what I imagined when I was a kid dreaming of being a jazz player and playing in front of audiences that appreciated the art. But Art is gone and so is mediocrity.<br />We as a society have reach a new level of 'low'.<br /><br />DomDom Minasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838302919405392722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332552079560509739.post-19419176315760024082010-08-24T20:02:00.099-07:002010-08-24T20:02:00.099-07:00Dom
It's hard to disagree with the essence of...Dom<br /><br />It's hard to disagree with the essence of what you say. The public has been enamored for many years with tragedy, death, violence, stupidity, brazen behavior and bad news. The function of art is to counter that. The fact that the negative wins out has always been discouraging but... Our best bet is to do a better job in the promotion and marketing of our art form - the jazz guitar.<br /><br />We as a group have never done even an adequate job of reaching the public. Since we have a world wide potential audience through the Internet, I hold out hope for significant improvement. It won't eclipse the blatant commercial market but fine art doesn't eclipse cartoons and ballet doesn't eclipse Dancing with the Stars.<br /><br />Keep creating art!!!ChuckAndersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581663271554132637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332552079560509739.post-8702492995968349482010-08-24T15:38:09.327-07:002010-08-24T15:38:09.327-07:00Play on Dom and don't worry about the Lady Gag...Play on Dom and don't worry about the Lady Gagas and all the rest. Just keeping making the music that is meaningful to you and to your fans - - the 59 and beyond - hey, I think I might be your 60th - Your music matters! Keep on keepin' on!Holly Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01147970123538125939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332552079560509739.post-81271644935897355872010-08-24T14:34:56.344-07:002010-08-24T14:34:56.344-07:00Humor is key to survival. Music that moves hearts...Humor is key to survival. Music that moves hearts is key to life. Keep enriching hearts - <br />PatriciaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349588819972039078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332552079560509739.post-64832895476418191302010-08-24T14:25:28.863-07:002010-08-24T14:25:28.863-07:00Hello Dom,
The world would be a much sader place w...Hello Dom,<br />The world would be a much sader place without your music. You are one of a kind.<br />I don't know how I would have gotten through my teenage years if I did not have the chance to watch your fingers fly across the strings. You were amazing and still are.<br />All your fans in California.<br />LucilleLucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16132979696606484975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332552079560509739.post-75799762963141282182010-08-24T13:44:25.667-07:002010-08-24T13:44:25.667-07:00Good thinking and writing, Dom. Now we are on the...Good thinking and writing, Dom. Now we are on the same blog site. Go to joanwile.blogspot.com for mine. My latest one -- "STOP THOSE EMAILS" about the proliferation of emails sent me every day on how to enlarge my penis.Joan Wilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391351208346682943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332552079560509739.post-67116484429512192382010-08-24T13:38:02.425-07:002010-08-24T13:38:02.425-07:00Yeah, Dom, but we're the lucky ones: We get to...Yeah, Dom, but we're the lucky ones: We get to play.Ed Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02342222522145068768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332552079560509739.post-70883455578952138952010-08-24T13:37:27.646-07:002010-08-24T13:37:27.646-07:00Yeah, Dom, but we're the lucky ones: We get to...Yeah, Dom, but we're the lucky ones: We get to play.Ed Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02342222522145068768noreply@blogger.com