Re: [Harp-L] Subject: Who decides who is Bad or Good?

[fjm <mktspot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Elizabeth writes:

> How on earth is someone ever to find out if they even have "chops" or  "tone" 
> or "resonance" without proper input and not dismissive judgment?

And that's always been the knock on harp-l.  A mean list.  We hope we've 
subtley nudged everyone in a slightly more tolerant direction but there 
is more than a grain of truth in your assesment.  Looking at the 
achievments of others in elevation of your own skills hardly strikes me 
as coming from a place of security.  In other words you're not in this 
alone.  We all fret horribly about how we sound and the weakness of our 
abilities.  fjm