21-11-2013, 02:29
I kinda figured those jumping on his ass were doing it unjustly. You shouldn't be so damn quick to judge others because of what you THINK you just read!! I know how it feels to be judged that way!! I've been on the shit end the stick VERY unjustly a few times recently because people reading what I've said jumped to conclusions instead of asking if that's what I meant!!
A few years ago, my singer died and that completely killed the band, too, but, a year ago, one of my ex-guitarists called me up and asked if I'd be interested in re-recording some of our stuff with him and an ex-bassist because he didn't like the mixes on ANY of our records! I didn't think they were that bad. Sure, they were done on a shoestring budget, but it was the best we could do and they didn't sound all that bad! So, he posts a podcast he made of our music honouring our singer and, while listening to the show at the band's FB page, I started to notice how some of the songs DID need a bit of tweaking here & there and started posting comments to him on the page of what I thought the recordings needed done to them. All of a sudden, everyone at the page is jumping on MY ass claiming that I'm putting down his podcast and him!!!! I explained to them a number of times, but, of course, everyone already had their simple minds made up about what I was "really" saying and they booted me off the page!!!! In the meantime, I've been in the band MUCH longer than anyone (except my singer), 25 years!! I called up my guitarist to explain to him that I was AGREEING with him about the mixes, NOT complaining about the podcast!! I even left the explanation in a phone message and asked him to call back!! I have yet to hear from him or anyone on the page!!
A few weeks earlier, on another FB page, this one based on my hometown and the people that grew up there, one of the others mentioned some guy that was caught setting fires to a number of house in our neighborhood back in the `70's and she also mentioned that he was also one of our fireman!! I told her that that figures because there are quite a number of cases where a fireman will BECOME a fireman because he likes to see things burn! It's a well-known fact in the world of psychology. Suddenly, everyone's on MY ass again as if I said ALL firemen are closet arsonists and that what I claimed is NOT true at all!! Within a few seconds, I found an article stating that there were THOUSANDS of fireman over the decades that were found to also be arsonists, and posted it on the page to show them I know what I'm talking about. Suddenly, I got booted from that page, too! The next day, I get a call from that woman (the one that first mentioned the guy being an arsonist/fireman) asking what the hell happened last night on FB and why did they kick me off? I told her as much as I knew and she was REALLY pissed at them for acting that way towards me and wrote a nasty letter to them and then removed herself from that page, too, because of the way they stupidly, rudely treated me!!
So, as the saying goes, "Never ASSUME, for it makes and ASS out of U and ME!!" DON'T be so damn quick to jump to conclusions! If in doubt, ask first!
A few years ago, my singer died and that completely killed the band, too, but, a year ago, one of my ex-guitarists called me up and asked if I'd be interested in re-recording some of our stuff with him and an ex-bassist because he didn't like the mixes on ANY of our records! I didn't think they were that bad. Sure, they were done on a shoestring budget, but it was the best we could do and they didn't sound all that bad! So, he posts a podcast he made of our music honouring our singer and, while listening to the show at the band's FB page, I started to notice how some of the songs DID need a bit of tweaking here & there and started posting comments to him on the page of what I thought the recordings needed done to them. All of a sudden, everyone at the page is jumping on MY ass claiming that I'm putting down his podcast and him!!!! I explained to them a number of times, but, of course, everyone already had their simple minds made up about what I was "really" saying and they booted me off the page!!!! In the meantime, I've been in the band MUCH longer than anyone (except my singer), 25 years!! I called up my guitarist to explain to him that I was AGREEING with him about the mixes, NOT complaining about the podcast!! I even left the explanation in a phone message and asked him to call back!! I have yet to hear from him or anyone on the page!!
A few weeks earlier, on another FB page, this one based on my hometown and the people that grew up there, one of the others mentioned some guy that was caught setting fires to a number of house in our neighborhood back in the `70's and she also mentioned that he was also one of our fireman!! I told her that that figures because there are quite a number of cases where a fireman will BECOME a fireman because he likes to see things burn! It's a well-known fact in the world of psychology. Suddenly, everyone's on MY ass again as if I said ALL firemen are closet arsonists and that what I claimed is NOT true at all!! Within a few seconds, I found an article stating that there were THOUSANDS of fireman over the decades that were found to also be arsonists, and posted it on the page to show them I know what I'm talking about. Suddenly, I got booted from that page, too! The next day, I get a call from that woman (the one that first mentioned the guy being an arsonist/fireman) asking what the hell happened last night on FB and why did they kick me off? I told her as much as I knew and she was REALLY pissed at them for acting that way towards me and wrote a nasty letter to them and then removed herself from that page, too, because of the way they stupidly, rudely treated me!!
So, as the saying goes, "Never ASSUME, for it makes and ASS out of U and ME!!" DON'T be so damn quick to jump to conclusions! If in doubt, ask first!