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

[Pierre <plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob said:
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)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 in 10,000? I'm not sure there are 10,000 harp players on the planet who 
play in public. I have to admit I've never been to a jam bar so maybe I 
haven't seen what you've seen.

Lets face it, like all wind instrument, the harmonica is really hard to 
master and hardly popular compared to guitar, piano or even the sax or 
trumpet. Most people who take up the sax as a hobby play badly, they 
squeak's and squawks and well you know. Most people just give up after 2 or 
3 years (high school) still playing badly. Other's get passionate about it 
and put in the hours and become pro. There's lots of music schools which 
will take them as they are relatively rare compared to piano players and 
guitarist.

In my non-expert opinion, the harp is 10 times harder to master than a sax 
(trumpet, ...), there is just so much you can milk out of the instrument. 
Takes 5 to 10 years to get over the basics and another 20+ years to become a 
master. As skilled as some kids are, IMO there are no 25 year old pro who 
can play (sound)  like the great 50+ year old pros. Musically people can be 
good at a young age (the younger generation excels here), but the young guys 
just don't have the inventory of sounds, skills and tricks that the old 
blues guys have.

Ok, I have a question, how old is Matias Pribojszki?

Pierre.











































----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rainbowjimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] re: harp as a toy


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <rainbowjimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 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/
>
>
>
>
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