Re: [Harp-L] Re: waves spewing from an instrument, real players

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-- "Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
M. N. wrote:
> 99.999% of the time, I wish I'd played FEWER notes. 

I think one syndrome a lot of harp players suffer from is feeling 
like they're only going to get 20 or 30 seconds to impress everyone, 
and trying to cram as much into that time as possible.
  
Joe Filisko once told me that harmonica players tend to spend all 
their time practicing their solos and improv skills, when that ends 
up being about 10% of what they do in a gig.  The 90% of their time 
that they play rhythm, chords, fills, vamps, whatever, they are 
unprepared for.  

-tim

Hi,
Though I've done a snippet on your post, but Tim, this is DEFINITELY 
the cold, hard, incredibly brutal truth and that alone is the BIG 
difference between a real pro musician and the average joe on a 
Sunday Blues Jam, and it also cuts across to players who also play 
other instruments as well. The paragraph from Joe Filisko is most 
especially true for a full time session pro!!!!!

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