To fail, you have to try first
1June 12, 2008 by Colin
Sure. Garage bands are mocked. Almost everyone has been in a band, humped equipment for a friend’s band, or paid a cover to hear a sh*tty band from your high school.
But you really don’t have the right to criticize. Because if you don’t throw your hat in the ring and take some risks, you will never fail .. but you will never hit the ball out of the park, neither.
Which is why I like For Those Who Tried To Rock – a blog chronicling:
“… band to have been formed by teens with that perfect mixture of big dreams and questionable talent in suburban garages, high school music rooms, and college dorms across America….”
It’s entry after entry of young hopes and ambition, slogging it out in basements, garages and clubs.
[tags] garage band, failed youth, hopes and dreams, Marshall amps, van down by the river [/tags]
It’s very true… and makes me think of the line from Ratatouille:
“the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.”
It’s easy to be a critic. Much harder to be a creator.