i have recently done some research on good jazz and classical musicans. and from what i can tell, their were so many more crackheads what were good and so many sober people that wernt. my question is, would smoking some crack make me better at my ax. have any of you tryed this and then went and played a gig or practiced.i would really like to know. and if so
where would i get some good crack at becuase if i did it i wouldnt want to try the crappy stuff you know. i dont mess around with low quality.

well you could go to your local "ghetto" and try to find a crack dealer.

John,

Since you obviously have no idea what you are talking about, I will try to explain where you are wrong as best I can. No, doing drugs will not increase your ability to play your instrument. If you thought that for one second, then I must say I am worried about you.

If you play the sax, then you must know who Charlie Parker is. Yeah, he was a jazz musician in the 40`s and 50`s who did a lot of drugs, and died at a young age. Here`s a little known fact about him. No, it wasn`t the drugs that made him a superb musician, and no, he didn`t die from the drugs either. The truth is, Charlie had an ulcer, which was eventually going to kill him. From the time he was diagnosed until the time he died, he would experience large amounts of pain. That is why he started taking heroin - to help with the pain.

Charlie was already an excellent musician before he started doing heroin. He practiced intensely for several years, in a fruitful bid to improve his abilities. It worked well, and it would have benefited him for many more years, had he lived longer. You see, all the other jazz musicians during that time idolized Charlie Parker, and they were willing to do anything to sound like him. Once Charlie started on heroin, he started a very devastating trend amongst the jazz players of the day. No matter how many drugs they did, their dreams of becoming jazz legends ended in failure, and often the drugs drove them straight to rock bottom before they realized the mistake they made.

Now that you`ve (hopefully) read my post, let me ask you this. Are you willing to go down the path that so many others have travelled, in a futile attempt to become a better musician? I hope you will listen to me, and think very seriously about what you want in life.

Thomas

John....You are an idiot please die

John`s right. Take Jimmy Hendrix for instance. He was a great guitar player, some would argue the best. And it was not because of the drugs, which eventually did him in, he practiced ALLLLLL the time, even on the can! Now one can argue that drugs had an effect on his outlook on music, thats up for debate, but the one thing it didn`t have an effect on was his ability to actualy play, in fact if anything it hindered it.
Stieve Ray Vaughn, same thing. In the end drugs become a burden, a wall that clouds your vision, and becomes the most important thing, even more important then music. Please, don`t believe this lie that drugs help your music, its a dark road that ALL wish to return from once tred.

Sorry wrong name, I meant to say "Thomos is right".