Re: Harmonica that ruins a song.

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

<<<<<From: Will Vogtman <will_vogtman@xxxxxxxxx:

 > Dylan and Young are among the greatest harmonica players ever!

I strongly disagree.  When I say that I play harmonica, people assume that I 
sound like a Dylan or a Young.

As a result, people assume I know no music theory.  People assume I am a 
sub-standard musician.   People talk to me like I am an idiot.


 > Though they were not amazing technicians, they have done quite
 > much more than any harmonica player for the harmonica.

As alluded to above, they have done more to belittle the instrument in the 
eyes of the public.

I have nothing personal against Dylan or Young.  They are wonderful song 
writers, musicians, performers, and businessmen.

However, they have done nothing to further the legitmacy of the harmonica as 
a musical instrument--not a toy.

Will>>>>>>>

I am with Will absolutely 100% on this.  Ambassadors for the harmonica need 
to be consummate players.  Anything else merely gives the rest of us more of 
an uphill struggle in getting the instrument taken more seriously.

Steve



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