AN IMPORTANT PART OF BEING A GOOD MUSICIAN IS TAKING A LONG CRITICAL LOOK AT YOURSELF, YOUR STUDIO, YOUR PRACTICING METHODS ECT. AT REGULAR INTERVALS!. WHEN YOU DO CRITIQUE YOURSELF BE SURE TO POINT OUT THE GOOD FEATURES BEFORE YOU RAIN ON YOURSELF WITH THE BAD! WHEN YOU IMPROVE YOURSELF THAT IS THE ‘’ RAINBOW AFTER THE RAIN ‘’ ALTHOUGH, WHEN IT COMES TO CRITISIZING OTHERS THERE IS NO WORK, PRACTICING, SACRIFICING AND NO SELF EXAMINATION INVOLVED ON THE CRITISIZERS PART. CRITISIZING OTHERS IS USUALLY A QUICK FIX FOR YOUR EGO! IT WILL NEVER HELP YOU GROW TO BE A BETTER PERFORMER OR PERSON! AND WHEN IT COMES TO BEING CRITISIZED, REMEMBER; YOU MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT IF PEOPLE GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO PUT YOU DOWN! THE BEST MUSICIANS ARE SO INTO MAKING GOOD MUSIC THEY DON’T HAVE TIME FOR ENVY OR GOSSIP! ---DOUG--- ©2007 Doug Rezac.