Re: Harmonica that ruins a song.

[Nicolas Fouquet <bbhcfr@xxxxxxxx>]

Sure! And if people still think that harp is a toy, that's also our fault, somewhere, cause as " true harmonica players" (not like dylan!!) we should manage to open up the mind of the people.
ANyway, mind needed to be opened, and Dylan did that job. He has opened the door, so, it is our turn to go throught that door and to show to people what is a " real harmonica player"!
 
But while we are talking about that, we may miss soime people who are looking for harmonica stuff and we could help! So, let's go back looking for new victims!!!
 
Froggy

Joel Fritz <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Steve Shaw wrote:
> 
> 
> <<<<> 
> > 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
> 
> 
> 
> Want more than the blues? Try Irish!
> http://mysite.freeserve.com/trad_irish_harmonica
> 
> _________________________________________________________________


Hoo boy. Sonny Terry probably was the one who influenced me to take up 
harp. OTOH, Woody Guthrie was definitely the one who influenced me to 
take up guitar. I don't play much like either of them today. Very few 
people would rank Guthrie as a guitar virtuoso. He played just well 
enough to accompany his songs. I think that starting to play is more 
important than who influenced you to start. There could easily be some 
ten year old girl out there who just picked up a harmonica because of an 
Alanis Morisette song who will grow up to a complete monster.

The best way to get the harmonica taken seriously is to forget about 
whether people take it seriously or not. They can scent the fear. 
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