Re: [Harp-L] Deliberate Practice

[MundHarp@xxxxxxx]

I was married for 20 years to a person who hated the sound of the  
harmonica... (No longer, thank goodness, we divorced!)
So I practiced...  in my automobile... I'd park up and PLAY! 
No neighbors to complain! YOU CAN PLAY AS LOUD AS YOU WANT TO....
If you want to go electric take a battery Pignose amp & a mic. ENJOY!  
(lock the car doors from the inside to avoid wierdos!)
 
But a car makes an IDEAL " harmonica rehearsal studio"... 
It is great to try and try to get that "unplayable" riff down, without  
embarrassment...
 
Don't leave your harps in the car when it's parked up... Particularly If  
you reside in a place like southern Arizona, or sunny Trinidad and Tobago,  
W.I....When the air con stops... the wooden combs split in one's wooden  
bodied harmonicas, and all of the wind savers fall  off from the chromatics... 
Been there done that! 
 
I'm migrating away from wooden combs.... LOL... And yes, Vern Smith  
convinced me 100%... The audience can't tell the difference whatever the comb  
material!
 
However don't play harmonica while driving along. They call that "dangerous 
 driving" or "driving without due care and attention"... Certainly in  
England. It is a big fine and probably a loss of driving license.  Don't even 
THINK about it.
 
John "Whiteboy" Walden...
Happy in the tropics... Just now residing in:
Cebu City
Republic of the Philippines.
 
Available for Weddings and  Barmitzvas...
 
 
In a message dated 11/11/2009 20:58:07 SE Asia Standard Time,  
celtiac@xxxxxxxxx writes:

When I  get tired of practicing...
I go to the woodshed.

Splash
-----  Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Hess"
Last summer I worked my  way up to an hour and a half of practice a day, but
then I burned out and  didn't want to practice at all.  My practice regimen
is as much a work  in progress as my actual playing:  Ya gotta set a pace 
you
can  maintain.