Re: [Harp-L] virtuoso (vs crap?)

["Mike and Beverly Rogers" <mbrogers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good post, Steve  Bullfrog
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 6:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] virtuoso (vs crap?)


> A beginner who has had a harp in hand for 10 minutes and can just about
play
> 4 blow is not crap.  A 6-month player who has invested in Portnoy's
> masterclass and is struggling through it is not crap.  A guy who has been
> playing for a while and writes a worried post to this list asking how to
> bend notes is not crap.  Someone who has been working at playing well,
gets
> up in public for the first time and screws it up is not crap.  A limited
> player who plays well, but stays within his limits, is not crap.  99.5% of
> us are not crap, and it's worth remembering that a lot of us (most? ALL?)
> are on this list because we want to better ourselves, so on this list I
> think you'll find a lower proportion of "crap" players than in the world
at
> large.  Smother me privates in runny honey and bring on the dancing ants
if
> I'm wrong.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/trad_irish_harmonica
>
> Steve's CD of mostly traditional Irish,  "Blowing Through The Reeds,"  is
> now available!  Hear clips at http://www.gjk2.com/steveshaw/cd.htm
>
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