(09-07-2013, 10:38 AM)Tusk Wrote: I find it amusing that in a genre that prides itself on improvisation and converting words and music to scatting equivalence that those are what Haley is being critiqued on... 
Dear Tusk, I recognize that seem to be addressing NUG's friend above--and I truly do not want to get into verbal fisticuffs with you.
But you are seeing what you wish to see/hear. Mayfield is a musician (and a good one!), yes. But he's a smart one, and and educator and businessman on top of it. (And, hurray to/for him that he is all that!!)
Do I love watching Mayfield's change from skepticism to taking her seriously (as she met his "challenges" to amazement? Absolutely!
But frankly, do you
really believe that if Casey had not made and then posted that recording online, that Mayfield would still have included them in his debut concert?
Casey may have not had a clue about what he was doing (although I doubt that -- he may not have had the prescience to know "oh, this guy will invite us to Carnegie with him" but I suspect he suspected something "momentous" would occur when Haley started singing), but ultimately, it's that he made that recording and then posted it online, that made Mayfield realize that including Haley -- and, ultimately, Casey -- in his line up was useful.
And, those of you who don't recognize that, aren't quite looking at reality.
