Re: Stigma of the Harmonica

["david j. brown" <nonidesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Barry B. Bean" <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: "Barry B. Bean" <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:19:53 -0500
> To: "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Stigma of the Harmonica
> 
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> On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:41:20 -0500, david j. brown wrote:
> 
>> Come on folks...outside of our little harmonica world most of the music
>> listening and playing world may never see harmonicas as anything other than
>> little 
> rectangular boxes. So what? I play music for what it does for me. If someone
> else wants to listen..great. If not... no worries. Dispelling this "stigma"
> against 
> harmonica players in the public's mind is the public's problem, not ours.
> 
> It becomes a problem when you play professionally and aren't treated with the
> same respect, offered the same money, or given access to the same jobs as
> other musicians. 
HHHmmmmm. are you sure it's because you play a harmonica?
> 
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