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Re: technical skills vs. writing skills (again)

Subject: Re: technical skills vs. writing skills (again)
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 12:30:46 -0800


kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com wrote:

But does anybody else share my growing suspicion that in addition to being
a topnotch tech writer, Bruce is also a closet songwriter? I'm starting to
think that he writes his own lyrics, attributes them to some made-up band
we've never heard of, and includes them in his sig lines, as a sneaky way
of getting "published." <g> I mean, has anybody else ever heard of these
songs he's quoting? Think about it...

If I'm wrong, he must have the largest CD collection known to man. :)

Well, it's true that our album collection is second only to our book collection. I haven't counted recently, but we must have at least a thousand albums, mostly classical and folk of every description from traditional to punk, with a heavy emphasis on British and Irish performers. Not Top 40 stuff, at least in North America, but that's the point.

Since I often work to music, that's enough in itself to explain the tag-lines. However, the tag-lines do serve a semi-serious purpose: they're a kind of ice-breaker, and help people to remember me. Over the years, I've had dozens of e-mail conversations with people about lyrics and performers because of them.

Similarly, on my resume, I list "punk folk" as an interest. I could have listed any of a dozen different styles, but the paradox in this one gets people's attention. Then, when we meet, they have something to start the conversation with.

I wouldn't bother if I didn't like the music and didn't want other people to be interested in it, but the tag-lines do serve a practical purpose.

--
Bruce Byfield bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com 604.421.7177
http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield

"Some say the Devil's just an angel in the dark,
Some say the Devil's just a good man feeling bad,
Some say the Devil's just the lads out for a lark,
Some say the Devil plays the only music glad and good."
-Jez Lowe, "Tear-Drop Two-Step"



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