Re: [Harp-L] re: harp as a toy

["Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:06 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] re: harp as a toy


> I gig with the local music professor. He really loves Chicago harp. I've 
> played
> with a pianist who knew little Walter's music better than I do.Most 
> musicians
> are a little leery of having a harp player sit in because there's awful 
> harp
> players out there and few things sound worse than bad harp (except for 
> loud bad
> harp).
>
> Rainbow Jimmy
> http://www.spaceanimals.com
> http://www.soundclick.com/theelectricstarlightspaceanimals.htm

Hi,
Harmonica is considered the easiest instrument to learn how to play, but it 
is EXTREMELY diffocult to sound truly good/great at, and the ONLY instrument 
that one can sound worse at than harmonica are vocals. The fault for the bad 
reputation harmonica and its player's have belongs SQUARELY on the shoulders 
of harmonica players themselves, and the large majority of them are the LAST 
to acknowledge this, and they're the ones who make things so damned 
difficult for the truly good players to get their due props, and that's the 
cold, hard, brutal truth!!!!!! BTW, for every really good harp player the 
average person comes in contact with (regardless if they're musicians or 
not, pro or amateur), they're usually gonna come in contact with 10,000 
really AWFUL players with equally awful musical habits (regardless of genres 
they play or think they can play)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
MP3's: http://music.mp3lizard.com/barbequebob/