Phil hasn't posted one helpful comment on this forum, IMHO. That is not even a picture of him, so I only hope young musicians who visit this forum do not take his advice seriously. That picture is of a grown man, and any grown man would not make comments like Phil has made. He is just an intelligent youngster entertaining himself with your responses to his witticisms.

I'm not sure what you mean by the "prove" but you sound like you are on drugs.

I have an immense amount of knowledge and "knowhow in my head.

Just listen to my advice and be carried away with learning.

Hey, Phil, do u play classical or jazz? I personally prefer jazz.
G'day m8!
-Claire

I play everything. Reggae, hip-hop, classical, band, jazz, R&B (only on dates of course), soul, hard rock and death metal.

I'm better at jazz than most people since I heard a recording once of a saxaphone player playing some jazz. Got me inspired and I got "in the groove" if you know what I mean.

Phil, your starting to sound like you're on drugs.

Let's not disparage...

I'm sure we can agree that this is a forum. It says, at the top of the window, "8notes.com Forums"


Forum:

"A medium for open discussion or voicing of ideas, such as a newspaper, a radio or television program, or a website."
(from dictionary.com, cited from the American Heritage Dictionary.)

Open discussion and voicing of ideas means anyone can share opinions, ideas, et cetera, freely. When we ask questions on forums, we want assorted answers from anyone who has something worth saying. One person doesn't know everything about everything. The idea is to share your opinion and let others share theirs.

Ergo, I surmise that perhaps we should stop debating whether or not any one person is worthy of posting their advice. Let's let this "open voicing of ideas" remain just that- open.

Well said...well said. I agree completely. Let's just cool down.

Wow Phil...if you can play death metal on clarinet and make it sound good (which I doubt), you must be good! LOL
-Claire

I don't need drugs to be cool and I don't Need to COOL DOWN@! You guys are on my @$$ all the time making me feel like crap about myself. I don't appreciate it and I don't need the abuse.

If you want to have a "forum" then you should stop attacking me and discuss the points I present to you. You definition of the word forum seems to favor the diverse:

FORUM, [fawr-uhm, fohr-uhm]

1. the marketplace or public square of an ancient Roman city, the center of judicial and business affairs and a place of assembly for the people.

2. a court or tribunal: the forum of public opinion.

3. an assembly, meeting place, television program, etc., for the discussion of questions of public interest.

4. the Forum, the forum in the ancient city of Rome.
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So, looking at the real definitions of the word "Forum", it seems that you have tended toward the perverse and macho by selecting #2.

Well, I think that you ALL are a bunch of #2 and you stink (like #2).

Please stop making fun of me and my tastes. I like things that are good and you guys like crap. Get over it and get over yourselves. The shedding of the self is the first step on the path to enlightenment(realizing that I am right).

-Phil

I was under the impression that this thread was finished. It seemed like the issue was resolved, but not anymore...like I said, everyone cool down.

I agree with NoteworthyPlayer. In fact, I'm not really into the idea of single-ing someone out like that. Whether someone did something or not, we should keep our opinions to ourselves...

Thank you.

Can't we all just get along?

Let's get off the guy and get back on the topic of music, and ignore the rude comments made by a person instead of saying stuff back.

You are only adding fuel to the fire.

Come on guys!

Thanks guys. I appreciate the support.

You guys are definitely my most loyal fans.

These guys are crazy! They just want to tear me down for their own enjoyment. Starting this thread was a big step toward attacking me. The bungwads over at the flute forum have been especially rude too.

Your love and admiration are a binding post of my soul. Please don't lose that spark!

That's mean to write a forum about how stupid/fake someone is! Who cares if Phil is some high school kid lookin' for a laugh? That's his buisness and if you can't be mature adults and let people have their own opinion then I suggest you crawl up a hole and die.