my wife and i went to the tim o’brien show this weekend at the world famous station inn. when you live in nashville TN. it’s no surprise that bryan sutton, and stuart duncan show up to play with tim. it’s also no surprise that they all blow my mind every time i get a chance to see them. over the past few months of living the nashville scene i’ve taken notice to what i like about musicians and performers. i guess the real pleasure for me is to see or play with folks that are real. that’s why the tim o’brien show was so great. it was a bunch of real people doing what they love to do with no pyro-technics, or insane lighting or sound. it was good players playing good instruments playing good songs.
i’ve been lucky enough to play this “real” type of music. one person who’s music is always real, is my brother matthew. it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of music business. i was sucked in pretty quick by large peddle boards, in-ear monitors, wireless instrument rigs, etc. not that any of that is bad. i love music gear as much as the next guy, but i was falling for all the “hype” that is created with such things. i could even see that the music “hype” was dictating what people said and did, and even what the clothes they wore. i was no exception to the rule. i was losing that “realness” that i loved so much about music.
then one day i was put in my place. i won’t share those details, but it very well may be one of the most important musical experiences of my life - not because i heard something amazing, or played a 2 million dollar violin, it was because i had lost that “realness” and my brother called me on it. it was hard to swallow.
i’ve since learned much from that experience and continue to learn from it. i guess we learn the most when we least expect it.
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