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TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4105	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Wed, Jul 9, 2008 4:20 PM On 2008-07-09 16:06, basilh wrote: Being as you "Good ol' Boys" are bandying around your bona fides, see this.:- http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1199764#1199764 and this :- http://www.hsga.org/forum/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1215337028 I play all the time to raise money for various charitable organisations and transplant groups. Brolly and myself over the past seven years have probably raised over $5,000,000 - A lot of going to help liver transplants and medical research into things like alcoholism and the like.. Take my writings as pompous if you wish, your assessment is way off. I belong to the movement of "Pass it On" which I do GRATIS at every opportunity. As for pontificating, you may see it as that, others may see it as imparting knowledge gained. My days of playing in bars and dance halls for personal monetary gain are long past. I much prefer to play to discerning audiences for deserving causes. This years charities that we're contributing to are "Cure Leukemia" and The "Birmingham Children's Hospital" Where as a child I spent 5 years in an Iron Lung recovering from Poliomyelitis, the doctors said I'd never walk again, they were wrong, but because of the intensive physiotherapy I missed most of my schooling, just completing 18 months in total. So I know a little, but the little I do know, I know a lot about. Primarily because I learned from reading books through 2 mirrors whilst on my back struggling for breath and waiting for the nurses to come and turn the page, they were always chatting in their common room, and consequently I read every page of every book about ten times.. Something I must admit I'm somewhat reluctant to do with some of the derogatory remarks here.. BTW It's Bollox .. Not "Bullocks" at least If it's aimed at a "Brit" First off, get over yourself. I am not going to match "bonifieds" with you or anyone else. I don't post links to my playing. Anyone wants to check me out can do so anytime I play anywhere. I am confident enough in my playing that I don't need to prove anything to anyone. And even so, isn't that the whole point of what I said? There are punk bands like the Ramones that are not trained musicians, and can barely play any other style of music. Yet they are more well known, rich and famous then you or I will ever be. My point is, it does not matter! People love them and enjoy thier music. Mark Hoppus had a Fender bass named after him. Do you think he could hang with a jazz band? I am willing to bet not. Yet he has a bass named after him, and I don't. It's great that you play for discerning audiences for charitable causes. I applaud you, but what exactly was your point? This is tiki central, full of drunk, swinging tiki people...we like to have a good time. I don't see many of us in an audience busy "discerning" or taking notes. Save that for the philharmonic. Let's look at the facts: Your original post was like a lecture to the lumpen masses. At least, that's how I took it. Perhaps you did not mean it that way. If so, why get so excited by whatever a proletarian like me thinks? You are the one that ressurected this thread 7 months after the fact. You have you opinion, I have mine. But what I have learned from internet forums is that you never know who you are talking to. There are many artists, writers, musicians with scads of experience on this board. I would not presume to come here and lecture them, even if on certain subjects I think I may know more. Sure, you are free to post whatever you want, and I am free to post anything also. Just don't get all riled up if you don't like what you hear. And by the way, some of us have day jobs like teacher, social worker, etc... some of us have been working with disadvantaged children for years. Some of us have also raised money for charitable causes. We just don't need to brag about it.

On 2008-07-09 16:06, basilh wrote:
Being as you "Good ol' Boys" are bandying around your bona fides, see this.:-
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1199764#1199764
and this
:- http://www.hsga.org/forum/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1215337028

I play all the time to raise money for various charitable organisations and transplant groups.
Brolly and myself over the past seven years have probably raised over $5,000,000 - A lot of going to help liver transplants and medical research into things like alcoholism and the like..

Take my writings as pompous if you wish, your assessment is way off. I belong to the movement of "Pass it On" which I do GRATIS at every opportunity. As for pontificating, you may see it as that, others may see it as imparting knowledge gained.

My days of playing in bars and dance halls for personal monetary gain are long past.
I much prefer to play to discerning audiences for deserving causes.

This years charities that we're contributing to are "Cure Leukemia" and The "Birmingham Children's Hospital" Where as a child I spent 5 years in an Iron Lung recovering from Poliomyelitis, the doctors said I'd never walk again, they were wrong, but because of the intensive physiotherapy I missed most of my schooling, just completing 18 months in total.

So I know a little, but the little I do know, I know a lot about. Primarily because I learned from reading books through 2 mirrors whilst on my back struggling for breath and waiting for the nurses to come and turn the page, they were always chatting in their common room, and consequently I read every page of every book about ten times.. Something I must admit I'm somewhat reluctant to do with some of the derogatory remarks here..

BTW It's Bollox .. Not "Bullocks" at least If it's aimed at a "Brit"

First off, get over yourself. I am not going to match "bonifieds" with you or anyone else. I don't post links to my playing. Anyone wants to check me out can do so anytime I play anywhere. I am confident enough in my playing that I don't need to prove anything to anyone. And even so, isn't that the whole point of what I said? There are punk bands like the Ramones that are not trained musicians, and can barely play any other style of music. Yet they are more well known, rich and famous then you or I will ever be. My point is, it does not matter! People love them and enjoy thier music. Mark Hoppus had a Fender bass named after him. Do you think he could hang with a jazz band? I am willing to bet not. Yet he has a bass named after him, and I don't.
It's great that you play for discerning audiences for charitable causes. I applaud you, but what exactly was your point? This is tiki central, full of drunk, swinging tiki people...we like to have a good time. I don't see many of us in an audience busy "discerning" or taking notes. Save that for the philharmonic.
Let's look at the facts: Your original post was like a lecture to the lumpen masses. At least, that's how I took it. Perhaps you did not mean it that way. If so, why get so excited by whatever a proletarian like me thinks? You are the one that ressurected this thread 7 months after the fact. You have you opinion, I have mine. But what I have learned from internet forums is that you never know who you are talking to. There are many artists, writers, musicians with scads of experience on this board. I would not presume to come here and lecture them, even if on certain subjects I think I may know more. Sure, you are free to post whatever you want, and I am free to post anything also. Just don't get all riled up if you don't like what you hear. And by the way, some of us have day jobs like teacher, social worker, etc... some of us have been working with disadvantaged children for years. Some of us have also raised money for charitable causes. We just don't need to brag about it.

Post #392813 by tiki mick on Wed, Jul 9, 2008 4:20 PM