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

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 19, 2005, at 1:39 PM, S.Doyle Yoder Sr wrote:

> The ball is also sold in the toy department and sports stores.  IMHO It
> comes back round to how it is played.  And look at the word to 
> describe what
> we do with the musical instrument.  PLAY,,,, I agree with the post that
> mentioned going to a tool department, it's like being in a toy store 
> for me.
> When I learned how to express what I had inside me, through the 
> harmonica,
> that I started becoming less concerned with how, and what the other
> musicians thought of me.  The day I had the seasoned rhythm guitar 
> player,
> at Oldfield, tell me that I was going to turn into a harmonica some 
> day,
> that I realized that he got a glimpse of how much I did appreciate this
> 'little toy'.
>    Doyle

 Good one Doyle. Speaking of tools, people will buy all sorts of power 
equipment (routers, dremels, various saws) and ANY 'do-hckey' to keep 
from having to do something by HAND. Meanwhile, once you learn to use 
hand tools, you don't have to ever worry about the power going out. The 
same goes for musical instruments. Once you learn it the hard way, you 
don't need all the 'do-hickeys'.
 As for people going out and playing harmonica in public (before 
they're ready, that is), the same can be said for any instrument. We 
had a trombone player the other night who was so bad I wanted to kill 
myself. Last week we had a rotten trumpet player. Here's the scarey 
part. He is music director for a major area high school. Sheeeeesh.
 Our keyboard player once told me he had no respect for harmonica 
players because he had never heard one who could do more than just make 
'background noise'. That was 4 years ago. He feels differently now.
smo-joe