Drugs and Musicianship

1eyed_jack · Unread post by **1eyed_jack** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:59 pm

Ranting Thespian wrote:I am clean and I am a very good musician and a very good singer and a very good writer.

forgot to mention modest.

drugs do play a role in music, i mean you can't tell me that beatles early stuff was better then during their drugged out phase. a lot of people create great music while under the influence, i think it definately aids in creativity sometimes.

Swede · Unread post by **Swede** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:16 pm

Ranting Thespian wrote:I am clean and I am a very good musician and a very good singer and a very good writer. There are many people who do drugs who aren't creative at all. In some instances people who are really creative have had hard lives, and drugs come into play as a way out, not a source of creativity. There are many different ways that drugs come into play without a source of creativity behind them.

i thought you eat alot of pills.

trippin6strings · Unread post by **trippin6strings** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:25 am

mmmmmm pills, hardcore drugs, rock on

Playforme · Unread post by **Playforme** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:08 am

ecstacy?

antsmarching41 · Unread post by **antsmarching41** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:56 pm

haha this reminds me of the family guy episode where peter can only play piano when hes drunk haha great episode great show but on topic

i agree with whoever said it doesnt help talent but adds to creativity

it somewhat good for me to be baked while i play guitar but i find it helps best when im just sitting down making lyrics...pot really seems to help me write lyrics

antsmarching41 · Unread post by **antsmarching41** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:00 pm

littlefriend420 wrote:Mushrooms then? They are an all natural alternative. Easier on the body, too, and not as long lasting or quite as intense. There a kinder gentler hallucinogen.

they also helped create the idea of santa...saw it on the discovery channel once bunch o' eskimos needed some food to eat and had none and figured theyd eat the shrooms that the deer always ate...they started tripping and saw a guy in the sky in a sled with a bnuch of deer in front flying

i like tictacs · Unread post by **i like tictacs** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:48 pm

littlefriend420 wrote:
Do you know what kind of music comes from drug free artists? Mmm Bop. Quit Playin' Games With My Heart. The Carpenters and The Partridge Family. All the Hilary Duffs and Britney Spearses, and all the bullshit the infects the airwaves.

You forgot bela fleck and the flecktones

jeffro · Unread post by **jeffro** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:50 pm

i like tictacs wrote:
littlefriend420 wrote:
Do you know what kind of music comes from drug free artists? Mmm Bop. Quit Playin' Games With My Heart. The Carpenters and The Partridge Family. All the Hilary Duffs and Britney Spearses, and all the bullshit the infects the airwaves.

You forgot bela fleck and the flecktones

PWN3D!

trippin6strings · Unread post by **trippin6strings** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:00 pm

do the flecktones promote themselves as a drug free band? just wondering if like its something theyve strived for anything like that. either way dont really matter, theyre ridiculous on stage.

CBalvarez · Unread post by **CBalvarez** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 3:02 pm

Of course drugs have to do with quality musicianship, just look at the list of names you wrote, ive written the best shit when im ripped, hell we dont practice unless were high

i like tictacs · Unread post by **i like tictacs** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:13 pm

trippin6strings wrote:do the flecktones promote themselves as a drug free band? just wondering if like its something theyve strived for anything like that. either way dont really matter, theyre ridiculous on stage.

they dont promote themselves but on numerous occasions they state they do not partake in that kind of stuff

trippin6strings · Unread post by **trippin6strings** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:37 pm

ok, cuz someone i knew who "worked" the parking lots at big shows in philly (thus scoring backstage passes every once in a while) once told me about a flecktones show he went to and i remember him mentioning futureman puffing on a blunt, just wondering if he was full of shit or not, oh well who cares hehe

Mulletman · Unread post by **Mulletman** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:17 pm

i used to eat alot of acid and still shroom occasionally. i think it's foolish to think using substances makes you a better artist. artists- for the most part, just happen to be foolish and romantic individuals who are not very rational. my personal opinions agree with salvador dali though. he would eat certain parts of sea urchins to achieve the same state most hallucinogens create.

The belief is.............. "try a hallucinogen once just to see how far your perceptions can be pushed. "(If you haven't, you really can't understand.)

He also says do it only once so your work is not distracted by this becoming recreational. Which I believe is a good idea.

Bottom line is...........no. drugs don't make you any more creative than you are.

Mulletman · Unread post by **Mulletman** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:22 pm

Of course drugs have to do with quality musicianship, just look at the list of names you wrote, ive written the best shit when im ripped, hell we dont practice unless were high

This is so F(*$%ing smart............ Compare that list to the millions of people that use and are too obsessed with their habit to create anything at all. Of course out of those millions of people some are going to be amazingly talented. That's really sad you don't practice unless your high.

bassman462 · Unread post by **bassman462** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:45 pm

didnt know if someone else put this or not but ray charles-heroine,marijuna

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