[Harp-L] Re: who do you play for

[Jim McBride <jpmcbride@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great thread, great comments from all. Here is my $0.02 worth...
   
  One thing I had to learn was to take compliments graciously. Resist the temptation to tell the complimentor how badly you played. The truth is that unless you REALLY screw it up most of the audience has no idea. They don't know what you intended to play. Just smile and say thanks. 
   
  I do feel a little funny when people come up after I play and tell me how great I was and that I'm the best harp player they've ever heard. Have they never heard a GOOD player? I'm intermediate at best and I have to just bite my tongue and smile and say thanks. I have an overwhelming urge to go get a Sonny Boy or Little Walter CD and make them listen to it!
   
  Who do I play for? Last week my duo (guitar and harmonica) played at a coffee shop. It was nearly empty all night. Hard to stay motivated playing to an empty house. The door to the outside was open and at one point a guy came in to tell me he heard us playing 'Doolin Dalton' by the Eagles and that he loves the song and really enjoyed it. That's the person I was playing for.
   
  Jim McBride
   
  

 

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