(09-11-2013, 06:31 AM)NUG Wrote: (09-11-2013, 03:23 AM)buzzenator Wrote: ^ ![[Image: love0028.gif]](http://www.emoticonsfree.org/wp-content/uploads/love0028.gif)
group hug
YES. And MAE, I agree with every word you said. I think if any place should be a safe place to speculate among friends, it's here. We are all HUGE fans of Haley, we're her base, core group, no one should question that. Haley is not perfect, she's not a doll that we can position into any direction. She's human and flawed just like us.
My opinion on the Carnegie discussion happens to be:
1) Irvin likely did not invite Haley and Casey that night. If it was me, not matter how impressed I was, I'd need a minute (or night) to think.
2) Irvin was "blown away" by Haley, and sees her as a great talent.
3) If I'm wrong on either of those points, I'll happily go to the corner and flog myself with the "Unworthy Halien" whip.
Thanks, Buzz.
In regards to Carnegie:
1.) We are aware of the invitation (through Twitter??) that Mayfield extended. Whether he might of done so privately earlier is unknown (to most of us). I very much doubt that he invited her the night she performed in his club. (On the other hand, he
might have extended a permanent invitation to her to visit his club and sing anytime she's in the city. Again, that's not something the we, or at least I, know of.)
2.) This is where you and I diverge a bit, NUG. I think he was impressed with her that evening and recognizes that she is, indeed, very talented and has enormous potential (in other words, she's a work in progress). But Mayfield "hobnobs" with the jazz elite. He was classmates with one of the Marsalis boys and has recorded with Ellis Marsalis -- and that family is jazz royalty. Mayfield's standards for what he considers "great" may not be the same as yours.
3.) If, by chance, you may be wrong, there is absolutely no reason for you to flog yourself.
But I appreciate your posts -- and thanks for opening up the conversation.
