Re: [Harp-L] Just have fun with it!



And he's a great player and nice guy to boot!  Thanks for the kind
words Brad, remember the lick stealing goes two ways!
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com

On 11/19/09, Bradford Trainham <bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm horrible, but I !!loved!! This one!!
> At the distinct risk of not adding any value to this thread, I personally
> find theory, chord placement, arrangement, such as I'm conversant with as
> fun as stealing my mentor's licks.
> I've become, over the past two years, (thanks to Michael Rubin and many
> others) a harp addict.
> Brad Trainham
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Robert Bonfiglio
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:08 PM
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] Just have fun with it!
>
> > I suggest you listen to your
> > favorite players and practice there licks and before you realize it,
> > you will be coming up with licks of your own. What makes a good
> > player? Is the person having fun? That to me makes a good
> > player........
>
> Damn, I wish I read this before I was so stupid as to go out and learn
> harmony, and reading, orchestration and writing charts, etc. and then scales
> and articulation and tone.  Boy was I dumb.  And I just don't have any fun
> playing the harmonica because I learned all that stupid stuff.  And all
> those other musicians that play sax, guitar, piano, etc.,  boy they are also
> really dumb for learning all that music stuff and with teachers and lessons
> and music school, wow what a waste of time.
>
> My suggestion is just to pick up a violin and just learn all the fiddle
> licks you can.  That makes a great fiddle player for me.  Just have fun with
> it and above stay as ignorant as you possible can of anything that smacks of
> learning about music.
>
> Harmonically yours,
>
> Robert
> http://www.robertbonfiglio.com
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