Re: [Harp-L] what else do you do?

["David R. Fertig" <dfertig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, this question is nicely provocative, in that it caused me to 
reflect upon how what I "do" - aside from blowin' harp - interacts with my 
harp playing.

For the first 17 years of my playing, I was for several years a transient 
and laborer, hitchhiking, hopping freights and living mostly on the street 
or otherwise in modest situations, then I went back to school and got a 
job.  For the past  17 years I've been mostly practicing law, spending 99% 
of my time advocating and litigating civil liberties and civil rights 
issues, e.g., for workplace equity against discrimination and harassment, 
and for 1st Amendment and community media access issues.   Some of my 
clients had the blues pretty bad, for the civil arena anyway, which kept me 
grounded both as to how bad things can be and how lucky I've 
been.    Playing harp helped me in my law practice more than the other way 
around.

But I'm shuttering my practice for a year or so.  To paraphrase Firesign 
Theater: I'm gonna sell my shoes, climb a tree, and learn how to play the 
harp.    When I'm not driving with a harp in my mouth, a beer in my hand 
and my knee on the steering wheel...

-Dave Fertig




At 09:38 AM 12/2/2004, Chris Michalek wrote:

> This is slightly off topic but not....
>
>
> What else do you do beside playing music and does that something else
> help or enhance your music?
>
> For me, I'm into reef tanks.  I have a 300g slice of the red sea.
> It's helpful to me because I often sit in my fish room and while
> experiencing moments of total calm; this is where I usually write my
> music.
>
> I'm also into dogs but that's more of a hinderence because my Rott
> howls at my playing...
>
> Still these are the things that help bring balance to me and
> ultimately my playing.
> Chris Michalek
>
> "it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have
> it."  - Mr Figglesby regarding musical prowess
>
>
>
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