Re: [Harp-L] how much was a marine band when you started?

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sam,
I lived in Squirrel Hill in 1981.  I was maybe 12.  Lived on Linden
Lane, went to Linden Elementary and SHady Side Academy middle school.
My Dad ran the Jewish Community Centers.  There was always the 21 year
old guy running around town blowing harmonica.  I thought he was the
COOLEST!  I remember saying to my Dad, "That's what I want to do when
I grow up!"  Hey, maybe that was you!
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com

On 7/20/09, Pic2318834@xxxxxxx <Pic2318834@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> $5.99
>
>
> In a message dated 7/18/2009 7:39:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> elfrex@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> and  what was your first harmonica book?
>
> In 1987, a Marine Band or pre-MS  Blues Harp was around $15 in NY.
>
> My first harmonica and book was  Marcos' "Play Harmonica Instantly" which
> covered tablature, first and second  position and very briefly third,
> vibratos (vibrati?), tongue blocking, blow  and draw bends, train and basic tuning
> and maintenance. It came with a Hohner  GLH and a cassete tape (remember
> those?). There was no internet.
>
> I  really wanted to play along with the Sesame Street theme as a kid on
> that C  harp (it was the original reason I bought the set) but no one
> was around to  tell me that it was actually played on a chromatic
> harmonica by Toots  Thielemans. I tried and i tried but I had to
> transpose and alter the melody  since I wouldn't know about overblowing
> and overdrawing until 2004 (my  heart nearly skipped a beat on my first
> middle register Bb the way Howard  Levy said his did on his first bend).
> 20 years later, while watching the  show with my nephew, I found Toots'
> interpretation of the theme is now gone  :( and I needed youtube to find
> it and finally fufill a simple childhood  dream of playing along to the
> opening and closing themes in the
> original  key with a C harp (now armed with the Bb and C# I needed in
> the middle  register or an Eb to play it in the lower and a
> self-customized Special  20).
>
>
>
> sesame street songs. look under Sesame Street Theme  closing  credits.
>
> http://members.tripod.com/tiny_dancer/sssounds.html#s
>
> My  starting kit wasn't terrible at all but I will try to set up my nephew
> with  something better.
>
>
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