Let's have a quick review. I post a song you don't like. You criticise the song AND rip into me personally as a musician. I defend my position, then you say "leave this alone now or it won't go well"? That sounds an awful lot like a threat, and I sure hope it wasn't. ...and shouldn't it be I suggesting that YOU leave it alone?
I fail to see where I 'flaunted phony credentials'. Nowhere on my website do I claim to have credentials, all I mentioned in my defense to you, was that I taught at a respected learning establishment due to my understanding of music theory and practical knowledge. It was YOU who came up with the whole "Phony Credentials" thing, and you came up with that out of nowhere, as I've never claimed to have any credentials, nor are there any mention of it on my website. This 'master class' thing is another of your inventions, I never said it, I am not teaching lessons any longer, I haven't in decades, so why do you keep harping on this?
As for implying that you called fellow Cornwall musicians to discover a 'dismal track record', I have only lived here since September and don't know any of the local musicians, nor do they know me. The studio has not been advertised, there have not been any clients yet, becuase the studio's construction and decor is not quite completed. These 'local guys' you speak of only exist in your mind, dude, as I have not been a part of any local music scene here. Nice try though, you seem to have some experience at this - putting people down for no good reason. I have no idea who you made a promise to, but they must live in your mind, as there are no people in this town who know me. Oh, I should make a correction, I recently quit a local band that had not played in nearly a year, and I had played the local bar scene with them prior to that. The drummer who is the leader was quite pissed at me when I told him I was moving on and would no longer be a part of his band. He would be the only person I have known who may have ill feeings towards me, but certainly not due to my capabilities as a musician.
Yes, the tune "You're Gone" was written specifically to illustrate a lost love, and is intended to be a downer. I'm glad it created the desired effect. Apparantly my music can move you after all!
Funny how you didn't mention the blues tune that was posted where the downer tune is, perhaps you liked that one, and heaven forbid you say anything good about anyone.
What is downright wrong here, is your entirely fabricated story about my 'track record'. You are making this shit up on the spot, totally fabricating it. Go get a real life, or if you want to write fiction, take a course on becoming an author, maybe your fantasy world can earn you some money that way, assuming you had the qualifications for it.
Fabricating total lies about real people is not going to win you any friends, and in fact, it is illegal, in case you weren't aware. My music background is in an entirely different city, near Toronto, not here. So these promises you made not to spill the beans about this fabricated 'dismal track record' are all in your mind.
You go on to say "Even the local guys sustained laughter", who are these, the people that live in your head? No local people know of me, other than the musicians in the band I mentioned, and I was well respected there, both as a guitarist and as bassist, as the situation demanded over the time I was with them.
As for me putting on 'master classes', those are your words, not mine. I taught rudimentary drumming technique, and can hold my own when laying down tracks in the studio, I said I was accomplished at several instruments, so keep it straight, although the version you seem to prefer is all in your head, not here, not in this town, not this person. You've fabricated a pretty detailed story about a guy who supposedly has a local track record, complete with people laughing at him, and who supposedly claims he has some credentials, and is still considering himself to be a drum teacher, all claims I have never made.
So watch out, it's called slander and it's illegal. What the hell do you have against a total stranger anyhow? This is what mystifies me the most, that you are so hell-bent on insulting and putting down a total stranger. Just what do you get out of it, some sick enjoyment? Give it up man, you're making a laughing stock out of yourself.