Grace Bowers and the Hodge Podge is at the Underdog, August 6! Someone please record the show so I can watch!
Competition is everywhere. Check out the duo in the video above, Grace. Does it somehow remind you of you and Mary? I don't know who the singer is. She's obviously a skilled Hindi chick singer, and there's a lot of that in India. The bass player is Mohini Dey. She's a world class bassist. Sure she can play a million notes a minute, but she's world class. Search the name Grace, and you will find just how incredible she is.
You will also find that she has jammed with pretty much everyone, just like you. That kind of social musicianship is something you have that I don't. I'm sure you have valid motivation, but I simply don't have the nature for that kind of effort. Most people would say that it's definitely better than dying a frog's death out here in the sticks. We are all less than road kill: God is the One Who makes life sacred. And the biggest difference between good and bad people is that good people give away the good stuff, while bad people give away the bad stuff. Ironically, I wish I had found my reclusive nature when I was a younger musician. I would probably had become more social.
Anyway, modern India is another thing I can't relate to. The India I'm familiar with is more along the lines of the video below.
