[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='436186' date='Mar 16 2009, 03:16 PM']I think he's a bit of a retard.
Fair play for having a view and sticking to it. But he's Jeff Berlin. He's done nothing musically of interest to me EVER. There are plenty of musicians who took the short cuts, who didn't learn to read, who interest me musically in almost everything they do. Some of these guys have no real technical skill, I just like what they do.
Also, Jeff Berlin seems to have the view that if your not learning to read then you shouldn't be playing an instrument. What about the countless people who are happy blindly fumbling around in their bedrooms just for the fun of it? What about those gigging musicians who go out of a saturday night with their covers band for a laugh and a bit of beer money. Not everyone wants to be a mulletted, hi-tech wearing git like him.
He always sounds very bitter about the fact that there are countless "lesser" bass players who have much more success than he does. Mention Jeff Berlin outside of the bass community and you'll get one response; "who?"[/quote]
Absolutely BBC..... what about all those Blues players that were supposed to be the founding for modern rock'n roll.... I bet a lot of them couldn't read let alone read music.... it was about the feeling and transferring the crap they went through into music....
I think this sums JB up, IMO of course... 'mulletted, hi-tech wearing git'