{"id":4027,"date":"2017-06-05T23:22:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T23:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=4027"},"modified":"2017-06-07T17:49:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T17:49:01","slug":"now-you-take-my-cd-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=4027","title":{"rendered":"now you take my CD, please"},"content":{"rendered":"
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student: here\u2019s my cd.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: thanks but maybe you should give it to someone else.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: won\u2019t you take it?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: you can leave it but no guarantee. why don\u2019t you ask (suggests another teacher) instead I bet they would love it.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: but i want you to hear it.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: to be honest most things I hear I can’t stand.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: then why do you teach?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: hearing too many cds and not liking so many doesn\u2019t mean I don\u2019t like teaching.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: do you like drake?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: drake who?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: are you serious?\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: maybe you shouldn\u2019t give me your cd.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: what kind of music do you like?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: if it blows me away I like it.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: melody or lyric?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: either or other things\u2026authenticity gets me.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: you don\u2019t think drake is original?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: maybe he is, I don\u2019t know, my opinion doesn\u2019t matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: why not?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: it\u2019s subjective. i never liked elton john but someone out there probably played crocodile rock for the first dance at their wedding. but between you and me he\u2019s only about as good as drake.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: you\u2019re evil.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: evil’s my middle name.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: (hands him cd) I\u2019d really feel honoured if you listened to this.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: no no no don\u2019t say that.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: why not?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: chasing outside acknowledgement is not going to help you.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: but you\u2019ve won awards, i see them on your wall.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: well if someone gives you an award sure you can use it to help continue playing the game but when i say beware of outside acknowledgement I\u2019m talking about being submissive to people judging you. don\u2019t waste your time with that. focus at your work instead of imaginary opinions of imaginary people. do you know any of the people on the panels who vote on awards.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: no.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: you might be surprised some of them know less about what they’re judging than the people who actually make it.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: thanks for the advice I never asked for.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: and if you don’t mind me saying so\u00a0make sure you avoid the opposite.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: avoid not winning awards.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: no, \u00a0avoid feeling humiliated by a bad published review about you or your work. don\u2019t be fooled into getting down about that. it doesn’t mean anything and neither does getting an award that says you’re the best dressed violinist in the month of june. these things are a game.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: so how do you make music and not care what people think?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: it’s a secret<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: ya so…<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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instructor: first you make music, second you don\u2019t care what people think about it, third you make more music again. keep that quiet ok?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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student: I\u2019ll try.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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