Best compliment ever

[davewalton]

Quote:Quote:BTW, after the "masterpiece" comment, don't tell me you passed up the opportunity to hit him up for some cash for "continued artist development". Are you joking, Dave? When you see this... , it means YES!

[liamkelly]

I'm curious about the title of this thread. Is a compliment from someone higher up the musical food chain more valid than any other? Is it the 'best'? What is a 'best' compliment? I don't really know about these things I'm sort of with OnOffOn here who rates the review of a young prog-jazz-rock lover as one of his best. The young guy's opinion was as valid as any.I've never had a 'honcho' rate my music to my face. I just know that my six year old son knows all the words to all of my songs, that every now and then the listings people that I subscribe to pass my tunes on, every now and then a library signs a track or two, that my friends may get a tear in their eye with one of my tracks every now and then and that I'm on a life long mission with this simple music of mine. No best or worst compliment from anyone matters to me per se, nor is going to derail me.Hell, even Dave Walton said one of my tracks was passable. Well, semi passable Liam

[squidlips]

I'm with you on the kids thing, Liam. When your kids think your music is cool......it's cool. They're hard to please after a certain age and can truly be harsh critics, especially when they go through the rebellious teen years. They keep me on my toes.

[nomiyah]

Quote:I'm curious about the title of this thread. Is a compliment from someone higher up the musical food chain more valid than any other? Is it the 'best'? What is a 'best' compliment? I don't really know about these things Liam, I totally get your point and I agree an industry opinion doesn't matter more than anyone else's. The reason I consider it one of the best compliments is that for me winning a Grammy has always been a symbol of attaining the highest peak in the industry. It certainly isn't necessary for me to consider myself successful, happy or fulfilled. But it's like a football player at the Superbowl, an athlete at the Olympics or a horse at the Triple Crown, it's a symbol of attainment. So to have one of the top people at the Grammy's give me that acknowledgement is the closest I've ever come to that dream. That's why it felt like one of the best compliments. But I really agree with you that it doesn't automatically count as more important than the opinion of someone else.NomiPs- Congrats on being a Taxi featured artist recently.

[musicden]

This is an interesting thread. A couple of weeks ago, I had to play the piano and organ for Sunday morning service at my church. I had gone through a rough week personally, and really didn't feel like being there, much less having to play. As it turned out, playing had a healing effect on me, and the message by the minister was very encouraging. After the service, as I was getting ready to leave, one of the members came to me and said, "Thank you for your music; you really played your heart out today." One of the best compliments we can receive is knowing that the music that we are blessed to create and play touches and has an effect on someone.

[avillaronga]

The best compliment I've gotten lately was when my wife recently told me she couldn't tell the difference anymore between listening to my music or a commercially-released CD. I hold that compliment in such high regard because she has always been my biggest critic (and most of the time NOT in a constructive way...). I like it better than when a publisher told me 10 years ago "I like your song and I'd like to sign it to my company."Antonio

[jensen]

great stuff Nomi, thats a fantastic accolade to get,jensen

[nomiyah]

Quote:great stuff Nomi, thats a fantastic accolade to get,jensenThanks jensen

[nomiyah]

Quote:The best compliment I've gotten lately was when my wife recently told me she couldn't tell the difference anymore between listening to my music or a commercially-released CD. I hold that compliment in such high regard because she has always been my biggest critic (and most of the time NOT in a constructive way...). I like it better than when a publisher told me 10 years ago "I like your song and I'd like to sign it to my company."AntonioI know it's a good feeling when your partner appreciates your songs.

[nomiyah]

Quote:This is an interesting thread. A couple of weeks ago, I had to play the piano and organ for Sunday morning service at my church. I had gone through a rough week personally, and really didn't feel like being there, much less having to play. As it turned out, playing had a healing effect on me, and the message by the minister was very encouraging. After the service, as I was getting ready to leave, one of the members came to me and said, "Thank you for your music; you really played your heart out today." One of the best compliments we can receive is knowing that the music that we are blessed to create and play touches and has an effect on someone.That kind of thing has happened to me and that's why I started this thread saying "one of my best compliments". It's a powerful affirmation when music affects someone, it really isn't just noise!!!