[Harp-L] Response to Michelle on Minors and a I've got a Brand New Baby Lesson Rate Special

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michelle and others,

Thanks for the kind words.

I have been working on a DVD, Meat and Potatoes Music Theory for the
Harmonica for a couple of years now and I am stuck in a stand still as
my videographer, who is agreeing to work for down the road profits,
has no sense of urgency.  I am hoping to have it by SPAH next year but
it is driving me crazy and after we have done countless hours of work
on it already, it is hard to find the money time and energy to find a
new videographer and start over.  I just keep prodding him, hoping to
inspire him to take another step and then another until completion.

I have a harmonica basics book, Meat and Potatoes Harmonica available
thru my website or at SPAH for $20, $15 at SPAH.  It is 75 pages, half
on techniques and half on theory.

You can purchase it by going to Michaelrubinharmonica.com and clicking
on the lessons button, scrolling to the bottom of the page and
clicking on paypal while sending me your address and that you want the
book.  For $10 more dollars, I'll send you a music CD.

As long as I am tooting my own harp, I am offering a I have a brand
new baby special.  For new students only, 4 lessons for the price of
3.  Lessons run $40 per hour.  This email is offering 4 lessons for
$120.

I teach in person or by skype or phone.  I teach Monday thru Friday.
Central Standard time, I begin lessons at 9am.  My latest lesson
begins at 7:30pm.  I would love to work with all of the harp-l
community!

Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com




On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Michelle LeFree
<mlefree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  Michael Rubin contributes a wonderfully understandable treatise on minor
> scales:
>>
>> Deb,
>> There are many minor scales.  Each one has creates a sad or dark
>> feeling when played.  Some sound more middle eastern than others.
>> Each type of minor scale creates a slightly different take on feeling
>> sad or dark.<major clippage>
>
> Michael, thank you once again for sharing your deep insights and knowledge
> of practical aspects of playing music.
>
> You have a real gift for translating complex musical principles in a way
> that even a music theory idiot like me can understand. Much like Winslow,
> you carry an encyclopedic knowledge of music especially geared for harmonica
> players. I think you should write another book, "Harmonica-centric Music
> Theory For The Rest of Us," or "A Handbook For Playing Harmonica In A Band
> -- Correctly." It would complement Winslow's excellent tome with a slightly
> different "bent."
>
> Why not formalize all the hard work you've put into acquiring your expansive
> body of knowledge and share it more widely with folks who could really use
> it? That would benefit you as well as those of us who seek to escape the
> category of "harmonica hackers." I think it would be unfortunate to restrict
> the availability of such knowledge to your group of private students and a
> few gems -- like this post -- here and there on Harp-L. It's more valuable
> than that.
>
> Good on ya and thanks again.
>
> Michelle
>
> PS: Congratulations on your recent addition!
>
> PPS: See you at SPAH!
>
>
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