From: "Tim Moyer - Working Man's Harps" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Learning to play overblows opened doors for me. After almost 30 years of
playing, it boosted me from a long, flat plateau, and got me interested in
what I could do with a harmonica. Overblown notes aside, the development
of the technique -- the breath control, the embouchure control, etc. that
it requires -- changed forever the way I play the instrument and made me a
better harmonica player, whether or not I use them. Listening to other
players who use overblows -- Carlos Del Junco, Howard Levy, Greg
Szlapczynski, and the many overblow players I met at SPAH -- made me a
better musician. I'm certainly not saying anyone who overblows is a better
musician than anyone who doesn't. There are lots of great harp players who
don't use overblows.