[Harp-L] Modes and roads

["Dave R. Fertig" <drfertig@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:05 AM 3/31/2006, Ruchard Hunter wrote:
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Modes, was 3rd Position Tunes
>
> I'll start by noting what a relief it is to be able to talk about stuff
> like this without everybody (including me) going berserk.  This list has
> certainly become a very nice place to visit. . .
I agree, and I don't get one silly millimeter of the stuff about 
modes, man, I'm still trying to figure out how to play honest blues 
in 2nd position.

Harp-L feels like a bus we're all ridin' on, where some of the riders 
are intensely fascinated by the motor, others the transmission or 
suspension, some are focused on a map, others are re-designing the 
GPS, some (like me) just stare out the window and listen to the crazy 
and often genius conversation, catching gems of info  - and great 
music - here and there.

And I think everyone digs most of the views and the many different 
places we get to visit (vampire castles and Magic Sam?!), even if 
some of us don't fully appreciate the finer technical points being 
pointed out to our pointy heads.  So when point-to-point circles of 
fifth modalities with tweed caps and left-handed harps all go right 
past my muddled mind, I still get plenty out of it, even if I get 
pissy and rant occasionally, or go cross-eyed at the arcana.  The 
point is, I enjoy the trip mightily.

Thanks for the confusion, and Good Driving, Listmeisters!   (PS: a 
quiz: is the bus a simile, metaphor or analogy?)

Dave Fertig
http://elmtreeblues.org/