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

["Splash" <celtiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Y'all making judgements about somebody else's passion.

I don't get that.

I have had people say (or think) the same thing about me.

You wanna know something?  I'm just fine.  I didn't get put on this earth to
make somebody else's grade.

I love my life and I'll bet that "friend" of yours loves his.  Even if he
doesn't live up to some ideal you think about him.  It's too bad you don't
love him, or you would accept him.

Judgements say more about them doing the judging than them that are being
judged.

OK off soapbox now.

PEACE
Scott
Believe in Magic!
----- Original Message -----
From: <moandabluz@xxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Gifted Players, Who I Play For


>
>
> I have a friend who is a marvelous guitar player and a vocal range that
> is simply amazing. He can throw his voice all over the scales, hit
> incredible high notes, or sing bass. Terrific range.
> But he lacks the drive, or ambition, to do anything with it. He's
> 50-something, alcoholic, in poor health and plays a couple nights a
> week in a restaurant to make a few bucks, paints houses when he's able
> and basically just survives.
> Being gifted without the ambition is not a good thing. Whenever anyone
> brings up the fact that this friend has the talent to make it in the
> music business, one of our other friends has the answer. Talent means
> nothing if the person doesn't use it wisely.
>   "Doesn't is the same as can't," says my wise friend. In other words,
> he who wastes his talent is no better off than the person without
> talent.
> I figure I was lucky to have little talent. Otherwise, because I loved
> the music so much, I would have been off chasing rainbows instead of
> here with my feet on the ground, earning a respectable, if modest,
> living.
> Harmonica content: After hearing myself play, I might not record any
> more jam sessions until I get my act together better. I am, however,
> looking forward to Buckeye, after missing last year. Maybe I need to
> learn some things about harp yet.
> Steve "Moandabluz" Webb
> a fool for the harp in Minnesota