Re: Another music law

On Nov 30, 11:38 pm, "Mike Rieves" <mr...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Neil N" <daltonmu...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Inverse law of Appreciation.

Those days you think you're brilliant, nobody notices.
The days you think you're off, you get compliments.

I was struggling today at the jam I run, my amp was sounding very odd
to me. I just flailed through whatever soloes that were handed to me
not pleased at all. And I love soloing.

And then later for the icing on the cake, the amp totally died.

Anyways, tonight I get an email  from a keyboardist that sat in for
the first set telling me that I was on fire. Trust me, he's no slouch,
so I have to appreciate that.

Go figure.

  It's absolutely impossible to be objective about yourself. Regardless of
your actual level of performance, if you feel a bit off, your performance
will seem not-so-good to you, even if it was great. You can be playing
brilliantly, but if you're out of sorts, it well seem mundane. OTOH, if you
feel great, a mediocre performance may seem really good to you.

I hadn't figured personal daily brain chemistry into it, but you might
very well have a good point.
.

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