A few weeks ago I went hill-walking on the outskirts of the Scottish town where I live. My goal was to climb to the top of a well-known hill forming part of the coastal headlands that overlook the town.
I had climbed this hill in the past...but this time I was approaching it from a different side.
I headed up a steep dirt road, through a forest, and into hillside sheep and cattle pastures.
Somehow I missed the turn I had been told to take.
Instead I continued up the road until it ended. I knew something wasn't right...but I was fascinated by what might be at the top of the next slope.
I headed into a field, up a steep slope, into another field, up another steep slope, and eventually found myself at the top of a hill...a higher one, it turned out, than the one I meant to climb...with an even more amazing view of the sea and countryside.
I had made a mistake, but benefited from the result.
When I play my tune "Love In The Old Country" in my concerts, I tell the story of the "mistake" that lead to a new tune.
We all make mistakes. What's important is to make full use of them.
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Some things just sound like mistakes the first time you hear them but if you keep hearing them you kind of get used to them like that and would not like to hear them any other way.
ReplyDeleteFirst time I heard a Turkish Saz player I thought half the notes were off key. I kept listening and then realised that these instruments had been made to reproduce the notes between the half tone one-fret steps we are familiar with on the guitar.
But no saz player has ever played something as bizarre as Blasting Cap. Hats off to you Preston!
...I do love some of my mistakes...There is a song call "you are my favorite mistake" which makes me think about my oldest and dearest friend every time I listen at It..
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