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Originally Posted by henryrobinett  Well, yes and no. I've known some utterly fantastically brilliant people, who knew they were utterly fantasticallly brilliant and let you know it as well. Mozart certainly was crass, and Beethoven knew his worth. Miles Davis was as arrogant as they come.
So it takes all kinds. Modesty isn't a trait of brilliance. It's more often learned behavoir on why people tend to not like you and why you keep losing friends. Most times it's people own buttons that are pushed about why they aren't themselves so brilliant. |
I would have to agree with this. I have had to "learn" humility myself to deal with engineers and people in the biz that know more than I do about the technical side. As a musician it can feel demeaning when people who do not play music expect you to be humble towards them simply because of their "position" in the biz or knowledge of music production from years of working at it.
My drummer is a basket case in this regard. For the style of music we do he is the best and well respected by thousands of fans and other drummers who would like to be as good as he his -- as well as engineers in a bunch of different studios we've been in. But he is the most arrogant, cocky, and crass Narcissistic bastard you'd ever want to meet. He is a banger on the drums like no other, and will break 20 sticks every recording session. But he definitely has a "sound" when he is on point that no other drummer I have heard can do quite the same. His sound seems to match his demeanor, and it is as if he is killing somone when he plays the kit which is perfect for the heavier style music we do.
But he absolutely hates engineers and sneers at them the whole time we are in the studio. On quite a few occasions he has become violent as well, and I have had to play psychiatrist in the studio with him many times. But it's funny because once the engineer hears the end result they usually will want his phone # to see if he would be interested in doing some session tracks for other hard core bands.
