These are legitimate feelings to have. Who's to deny you your feelings. How you let them shape your behavior is up to you.
Why would anyone play an instrument that isn't fun? Who wants to take up the lip splitting agonyophone?
I wouldn't call the people who asked you these questions dumb. Calling them dumb kills the conversation. They may be ignorant of what the mandolin can do and be used in. Ignorance can be fixed by education. Since the mandolin is not a mainstream instrument, we - the players- must be ambassadors to the world around us for what it can do. Take those questions and statements and turn them into opportunities to open a person's ears to blues, jazz, folk, classical and world music that can be made on the mandolin. There are many people who own and play mandos who don't even play bluegrass!
Banjo's may be more famous (in America) because it's used in a few more styles than the mando? louder more cutting in the music it's played in? I dunno... Perhaps I don't care too much about the popularity... or else I'ld be playing guitar!
Jamie
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. Logan Pearsall Smith, 1865 - 1946
+ Give Blood, Save a Life +
Bookmarks