[NewMusic] Dying Industry...(sic)

[George Cremaschi]

Jonathan wrote:

>one thing that struck me was that rock musicians in their 20s or early 30s 
>were pretty good back in the late 60s. so, was it musical training in 
>schools? was it practice time?

Well for all of their excesses, mainstream rock musicians in those
days still aspired to have high standards - they looked to the
blues, jazz, soul, etc musicians of the time for inspiration.
They all talked about Coltrane or Mingus or Buddy Guy in interviews.

And practice time? How about those stories of bands renting giant
flats in the Haight or farmhouses in Marin for $50 a month?
If all you had to do was come up with 10 bucks every month,
that would sure leave a lot of time for practice, drugs and
hippie girls named Sunshine.

Where's the fucking time machine?

-George

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