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Axel Slingerland
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That reminds me of being in the sixth grade and getting into an argument with the teacher. I had been playing classical guitar in Chicago a lot around that time, and I was sort of "burning the candle at both ends" as they used to say. And for a 12 year old from "a clearing in a cornfield", I was making a lot of money. I fell asleep in class one day, my Teacher (who was a total putz), woke me up screaming at me. That wasn't the first time he screamed at me and I got mad and screamed back at him. I asked him something like "Aren't you supposed to be teaching me how to be successful?" He said he was. So I said "Ok, then explain to me how I'm making more money playing guitar in one night, than you do in a two weeks here supposedly teaching music?" I got a week off of school for that... I finally got caught up on my sleep.
I really enjoyed showing him up because of how he bullied kids. He told me that the Beatles only knew four chords, which I found extremely amusing, considering their 1964 North American tour, which was only 32 shows, grossed over $1,000,000, with a gross payout of $150,000 for some shows. But what really made me laugh was when he would say things like "You can't play that on guitar..." And in front of the class I would play it (whatever it was) and prove him wrong. This isn't me, but here's a couple of things that he told me were "Impossible to play on guitar."
Edit: Typing in Key Words I should have before I posted this.
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