Re: [Harp-L] "Average" vs pro harp playing (was: Internet)

[Derwood <derwood.blues@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> I was selling a harp mic I had built on eBay at one point and had included
> sound files of myself playing through the mic to give a sense of what it
> sounded like. I received a "question" from an eBayer that basically let me
> know that he and his other harmonica friends could not stop laughing as they
> listened to my files. There was a great deal of other insulting yet indirect
> comments.
>
> I have never claimed to be a professional harmonica player and do no have
> the time in my life to give harmonica the central place in my life. But, I
> do enjoy playing out with friends at times and seem to please the "average"
> customer. It seems to me that the attitude that is coming from this topic
> and the "question" on ebay is that I should just quit and leave the
> harmonica playing to those with true skills.
>
> I would suggest that music is a public activity that is meant for the
> people and there is room for many levels of player. Maybe it is the self
> congratulating that are playing for themselves and not those that please the
> "average" people and not the elite.
>
> Derwood
>