Re: [Harp-L] The American Dream achieved on a harmonica player's salary....well...sort of...

[Grant Walters <grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael;

went to  your web site..
I am very impressed with your work..
"The man" has not been fair...you should list yourself as an artist...
you are..
hang in there...

When the going gets tough...the tough get blowing...

When my son was born, I felt I had to set my dream of being a hot shot  
harmonica player aside.
Holding him in my arms, he seemed to important to risk valuable  
weekend time (work)...
Hanging out with friends at late night gigs having the time of my  
life...
Right there...I Resolved to  "let it go",
I put a CD in the player and listened to this kids music a friend had  
given us for our newborn.

The guy playing on the dammed kid's CD was better than I ever hoped to  
be...it brought a tear to my eye.
If the guy on the kid's CD was this good, maybe I'd be better off  
letting go of this dream of harmonica success.

At a later date, I looked over the CD, only to find it was John  
McCutchen "Mail myself to you".
Closer inspection showed the harp player to be Howard Levy.

in retrospect...maybe I sold out or sold myself short.

Maybe at times like this we are a little hard on ourselves...
Keep playing your Harmonica...you have a talent my friend and it  
brings joy to others... and  it Beats the hell out of golf.

Peace
Grant
On Aug 19, 2009, at 1:33 PM, michael rubin wrote:

> Today I bought my first house with the help of my wife who is a city
> planner.  When we went to the bank for the loan, they looked at my
> taxes.  Although I am honest with the government about the amount of
> money I make every year, I have a lot of deductions.  The final
> numbers look like I survive on basically nothing.  Anyway, the bank
> said no go.
> My wife said, fine, just put it all on her income.  The bank said that
> hers wasn't strong enough either.  She needed a cosigner.  We asked
> them if there was anything we can do.
>
> "You can say that Michael's career is as a homemaker."
>
> Anyone need some housework done?
> Michael Rubin
> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
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