RE: [Harp-L] Bad Night

[Buck Worley <boogalloo@xxxxxxx>]

Being your own worst critic is not a bad thing. Recording will really drive one a little crazy sometimes. There's always that little voice saying "I know I can do it better". The way we play the diatonic (the standard Richter ones) well, I have always said we kinda bastardize the instrument. Playing it in a way it was not intended to be played. I have to acknowledge that the tuning revolution is correcting some of that.
I have come to a point where I am sometimes amused at the mishaps that happen in live performances and have come to embrace those moments even when it happens to the other instruments/musicians. When it's me it sometimes suddenly takes on a surreal feeling. Standing there feeling naked and trying to figure out what the heck to do. I guess that's why I love listening to other's live recordings. Many time one can hear those little mistakes that non musicians never hear. It's all good. A perfect world would be too boring.Buck

> To: Cljdm@xxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Bad Night
> From: icemanle@xxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:17:06 -0500
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> <<This happen to me last night. My 7 draw jammed up. Tried to go it twice and 
>  nothing.>>
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> This is a great experience, as you are thrown into an "in the moment" mindset...lotsa your canned ideas go right out the window forcing you to be creative in a new way.
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> From: Cljdm <Cljdm@xxxxxxx>
> To: catketch2 <catketch2@xxxxxxxxx>; rwredington <rwredington@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tue, Nov 12, 2013 12:06 pm
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Bad Night
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> Hey,
> This happen to me last night. My 7 draw jammed up. Tried to go it twice and 
>  nothing. When I mentioned it to a few people, their response was like we 
> didn't  notice.
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> I too am my worse critic. Especially when I listen to a recording of  
> myself. A bad mix of a recording, and I really start to doubt myself.   I have 
> learned to lighten up, and try not to be as self centered. Yet , I want  to 
> set the bar high for myself. Tricky at times.
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> Best,
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