I wonder how will people like Ernie Delgado, Rey Sanchez, Boy Adan, Jondi Villacorta, Cezar Aguas react to your statement.
(I wouldn't know. As you said, they can make a living out of being a musician so I guess they are talented. But the nice thing is I don't hear them whine about how hard it is being a musician with obligations.)
You didn't hear them whine but it doesn't mean the problem isn't there. By the way, do you know some of them personally?
They have pretty good gear but not as high as yours. And yet not only they were able to feed their family and send their kids to school, they produced some of the awesome guitar sounds that inspired me to this day. NO CUSTOM GEAR TO BE FOUND. Oh yeah, they have a little bit of talent too.
(So you say... not inspiring to me but not any less inspiring to others I guess. By the way, I HAVE NO CUSTOM GEAR. NONE OF MY STUFF IS CUSTOMIZED FOR ME IN ANY WHICH WAY. Just great sounding gear.)
See, I didn't ask for your opinion if their playing inspires you but there you go telling me that it doesn't. Things like that irked a lot of people here.
I have a friend here in PM who has more or less the same gear as yours and yet he NEVER once told me that "ayoko yang gamit mo, pangit tunog" or "ayoko yang tube screamer, walang laban yan sa Timmy ko". In fact he appreciates that I can make the best out of what I got. In fact he always invite me for a jam session over pizza and coke.
(I salute him for being polite and being a gentleman. Did you care to ask him what he honestly thought of your tone?)
So now you are trying to insinuate that he is a liar? For the record I didn't ask him how my tone is, siya mismo ang lumalapit sa akin that I sound pretty good. Yes I accept criticisms here and there (i.e. bawas lang ng kaunti sa bass mismo na, dagdag ng gain para lumabas ang overtones etc...). Pero kung pangit talaga ang tunog ko, he will tell me.
You never had a recording experience, so have you been in a band? The way you present yourself in PM, it seems you were never in a band or either you quit or fired. Hindi kasi ganiyan ang ugali ng musikero. Musicians have different opinions and even are as opinionated as yours pero marunong rumespeto. Kaya duda talaga ako if you know the life we pro musicians really live.
Now if you have never been a pro musician in your life, how can a lot of people give creedence to your opininated views? Kung si Malmsteen nga maraming naasar sa kaniya kasi nga akala niya siya lang lagi ang tama, ikaw pa kaya?
Learn to respect us, we might listen to you. but then if not and you keep saying na wala akong pakialam kung hindi ka paniniwalaan, you definitely are in a world of your own.
Hang on to your Baker and Yarron and Suhr while you can, di mo yan madadala sa kabilang buhay.
