Re: [Harp-L] Gifted Players, Who I Play For

["Don Grubbs" <jgrud@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

YA!   
Right ON!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Splash" <celtiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "h-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 5:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Gifted Players, Who I Play For


>I was in the local music shop last week and they have a big jar where people
> are stuffing entries to win the Epiphone Les Paul Deluxe guitar sitting in a
> stand next to it.  One woman asked when the drawing would be held.  I
> replied, "Nice guitar.  You play?"  She said no.  So I asked, "You a
> musician?"  Again she said no.  So I asked, "Do you sing?"  Again, no.
> 
> So I finally said, "Do you clap?"  And she laughed and said yes.
> 
> I said, "That's good enough.  We all need at least one person to clap."
> 
> Other musicians nearby all chuckled and it started a great conversation on
> the value of the audience and how many of us (musicians) get so caught up in
> our creative thing that we often overlook the other side of the equation.
> 
> So, back to the question, who do you play for?
> 
> I play for that One Person who spontaneously hollers, "Yeah!" right after a
> solo.
> 
> I play for that One Person in the audience who nods their head and murmurs
> "yep" after a certain lyric.
> 
> I play for that One Person who comes up to me after hearing me play a song I
> wrote, sometimes months later, and tells me how it meant something to them.
> 
> And I play for the Universal consciousness of which we are all a part, that
> Magic! place where the music actually originates before it is loaned to me,
> a gift to pass on to that One Person who gets something from it.
> 
> I guess that makes me a "gifted" player.  No matter how much work and time
> it takes, it is a tremendous gift and I am extremely grateful for it.
> 
> PEACE
> Scott
> Believe in Magic!
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> > When people approach me and say, "I could never play like you--I'm not
> that gifted/talented,"
>> > I thank them and show my appreciation.  But on the inside, I am nearly
> offended and I can't help it.
>> > I wasn't given the gift of music.   I earned it through a great deal of
> work.
> 
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