Re: Obnoxious category / Honking patrons / Kevin's

[Craig.Smoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> Tim Moody writes:
> >...don't fall into that
> >obnoxious harp player catagory by only having one or two harps and trying to
> >play "with songs".

Then Joe Terrasi wrote:
> Amen.  Just to clarify, I meant that it can be helpful to practice to
> recorded music.  Any of us who's ever been playng onstage and heard someone
> honking away elsewhere in the place will tell you how awful that is.
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[Obnoxious?]
Well guys, being a beginner I have only one harp (for now).  And to tell
you the truth, I may (due to current financial situation) only be purchasing 
a few more harps in the cross harp keys that I primarily write in on guitar
until I can afford more.  I hope that doen't make me fall into that "obnoxious"
player category because first of all I'm not even a "real" player yet, and
second of all I just can't afford to "start off" with twelve or more harps.

[Honking patrons]
Wow.  I have never heard of people actually playing their harps in the crowd
along with the band, but BOY would that SUCK! :-(  Man, I have enough 
problems with sloppy-drunk patrons asking me a million times if I know this
song or that song, and then getting MAD if I don't know it or if I try to
politely brush them off.  Man, I feel sorry for ANYONE who has had to go 
through that. :-I  That would be like someone bringing their guitar and amp
into a club that I was playing at... needless to say I tell them to stop 
or have them thrown out! ;-)

[Kevin's Harps]
On a BTW note, just received the Kevin's Harps catalog and it is great!
And quite informative too! :-)

Later Harp people,
Craig S.

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|  Craig Smoot                                                        |
|  Systems Analyst / Programmer / Musician                            |
|  Gradkell Systems, Inc. - Huntsville, AL                            |
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