RE: [Harp-L] Music encyclopedia (Long. And a bit of a rant as well.)

["Mike Reid" <mreid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's pretty stupid if you ask me with the tools we have at our finger tips today to write an encyclopedia about musical instruments and not take the time to research each one.  If this guy had bothered to look up the harmonica by typing "harmonica" on google he could have found out a great deal more info than classifying it as a toy.  I wonder if this guy has ever seen Brownie McGee play the kazoo that might give him a new outlook on toys. The Mississippi Delta did more for music with a wire nailed and stretched out on the side of a barn than this so called encyclopedia of musical instruments will ever do. Isn't it funny how a toy can get an entire crowd of people dancing or get them to be so quiet you could hear a pin drop cause everybody is trying to hear the toy being played acoustically or bring a tear to your eye because this instruments can cry with more feeling than any voice could ever match.  My vent.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pierre [mailto:plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 9:56 AM
To: Chris Bates; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Music encyclopedia (Long. And a bit of a rant as
well.)



Some people who claim to know music really don't get out much. Although 
perhaps they do get out but just don't appreciate what they hear. In the 
case of an encyclopedia, the author(s) view should be a tad more open. More 
than likely, this author was just completely ignorant of what has been done 
on the instrument. How many people know what can be done on a harmonica? 
really only those who play and even then, there are players who do not know 
Howard Levy, Larry Adler, Toots etc.

Pierre.


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