Re: Subject: [Harp-L] Too many excuses

["Abner Galdos" <cdgaldos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

thank you Elizabeth your words always seem to conform me when I need them..

I just got back from Hollywood beach in Broward county. since I always carry my harp I'm getting more comfortable playing out side.. no one know me, I'm just a gimps, I'm a moment of their lives.
now I'm just playing along, more practicing then anything else and after a good 20 min my wife tells me when people passed by  they smiled and a couple of guys sitting at the table were taping the table keeping the beat.. 
I still don't have a musical grasp, if someone tells me to do this key or that note, I wont know what there talking about.

I truly enjoy the sound of the harp, I still can not get the bluesy sound. But I still enjoy playing.
I am lucky in finding this bar, everyone is friendly and no one judges each other.
Elizabeth I hope one day your injury improves and you find a place to call home.....\
And thank you for the tip.

abner
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: EGS1217@xxxxxxx 
  To: cdgaldos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 3:40 PM
  Subject: Subject: [Harp-L] Too many excuses


  Abner...trust me. You're not alone.

  I've been going through a lot of medical 'issues' over the last few years..which really get in the way of my harmonica playing/learning curve/bravery about playing 'out'.

  I would like to get out and go somewhere where I might get some practice playing for an audience...but there's always 'something' related to real life which seems to get in the way...(right now extensive physical therapy for a shoulder injury, so I do understand exactly what you're saying in your response to Rainbow Jimmy).  

  All that's available to me too (as far as I know) within driving distance in my general area are 'biker-type' bars where very intimidating guys hang around outside and where one might hear blues, possibly..in between the heavy metal music...(whether or not that encompasses harmonica I don't really know).  As a woman, it's a bit out of my bailiwick since I'm not much of a drinker and not overly connected to that kind of music anyway...being a chromatic player who'd prefer playing or spending those evenings I could get out, at a more jazz-oriented venue. Haven't found one yet...but I do know that pain and inertia can definitely hold a person back, your own or a loved one's.

  In Florida where you live, however...there does seem to be availability to different 'pockets' of harmonica interest....along with several harmonica clubs..SPAH has a list of them.  Try doing an online search...beginning in your local neighborhood...then widening it...finding out if there are any teachers who might be willing to come to your home while you're still recuperating, or connecting up with members of a harmonica club who could give you materials to study....you never know.

  here's a link to many online Blues Societies:

  http://www.blues.org/affiliates/societies.php4

  Don't give up...you're at the very beginning of this journey. I'm just starting my own diatonic journey as well and am quite excited at the prospect.

  Elizabeth

  Message: 13
  Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 12:43:17 -0500
  From: "Abner Galdos" <cdgaldos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Subject: [Harp-L] Too many excuses
  To: <jim.alciere@xxxxxxxxx>, <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>

  It is not the musical journey that holding me back, its me.
  I hold myself back.
  I just woke up, need BF and coffee and brush my teeth
  on the computer, reading and learning,asking questions
  time to work out, need to lose weight
  time for lunch, now I must brush my teeth  
  I have no energy
  I'm in pain
  I'm not in the mood
  I have no time (always on the computer)
  I have to go to physical therapy
  I have a doctors appointment
  Its dinner time I  eat now I have to brush my teeth
  now its time to watch my fav TV show
  now its time to go to bed

  NEXT DAY

  I just woke up, need BF and coffee and brush my teeth
  on the computer, reading and learning,asking questions
  time to work out, need to lose weight
  time for lunch, now I must brush my teeth  
  I have no energy
  I'm in pain
  I'm not in the mood
  I have no time (always on the computer)
  I have to go to physical therapy
  I have a doctors appointment
  Its dinner time I  eat now I have to brush my teeth
  now its time to watch my fav TV show
  now its time to go to bed

  abner 
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: jim.alciere@xxxxxxxxx 
    To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:22 PM
    Subject: [Harp-L] re: custom harps


    I have not reached the plce in my musical journey where it is the quality of
    the harmonica that is holding me back.

    -- 
    Rainbow Jimmy
    http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1372404/dhoozh_chapter_1.html
    http://www.myspace.com


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