I rep Quartet!

"Why do you play Quartet? " That was the question I was asked a week ago. My reply was simple, "Why not quartet!" This person then went on to tell me, they've always believed the stereotype that musicans that play quartet don't have skill; and I actually do. I didn't take offense to the comment because I knew I'd just killed this persons preconcieved notions about my genre of music. But that was nothing compared to an experience I had a couple of months ago... A drummer I went to school with decided to straight bash Quartet on his Facebook page; stating how much he hates it, and how awful it was. I refrained from commenting; after all he is entitled to his opinion on his personal page. So what if quartet isn't his cup of tea, I can dig that. I just feel that it is ignorant for any musician to say they "hate" any genre of music. His statement showed his immaturity and a lack of knowledge about his culture. Any mature working musician will tell you to learn all styles of music if you plan to work on a regular basis, and have no respect of genre. A few weeks after his initial rant, he was at it again but this time he had supporters in his "I hate Quartet" campaign. It was at that very moment  I decided to become an ambassador for Quartet. I know my opinion was not asked, but I sure did post it, with love of course! I decided to approach him on his level, so I informed him that the tangible things he aspires to obtain, is already a notch on a "quartet drummers" belt (ex. endorsements.) Little does he know, the first requirement to becoming an endorsed musician is to be touring and or making tv appearances; a requirement a quartet musician has no problem standing up to. And last I checked, playing at church every Sunday morning didn't satisfy that requirement, and being video taped during service doesn't count. My second argument was that a church gig may pay a musician lets say $100 for 3 services, when the tithes of a some Pro Quartet musicians is $100 a week (if math isn't your thing, $100 is 10% of 1,000.) My third argument was that many Quartet artist I know, own their masters, are CEO's of record labels, are doing 50/50 ventures with major distribution companies (ie. Badboy/Arista,) and are millionaires; all off (yes that's right) QUARTET!!!  In Chirper Land we call it "sing what you know"or  in loc terms, know what you're talking about before you open your mouth. Quartet is frowned upon by its contemporary counter parts. Why you ask? Well, that's more complicated, so I'll take the time to explain it in part two. They call me BAMPS and I rep Quartet...Check my style!