Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica Resolutions?

[Elizabeth Hess <TinLizzie2009@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you, Abner!  (And thank you to the other person who sent me 
encouragement off-list.  You know who you are.)

I have an action plan.

I Googled around for voice teachers in my area who claim to have any 
experience with blues, and came up empty.  While I've never dared to 
think of mine as a "solo quality" voice, I  *like*  to sing, I can 
carry a tune well enough, and I sing with heart.  I do want to improve 
my vocal technique at some point, but right now I just want to learn 
and practice some  *blues songs*, so that I can be more versatile at 
jam sessions.

The action plan is this:

Tonight I'm going to go listen to a local band whose MySpace page says 
they like to do a lot of audience participation.  (They used to do a 
blues jam in my town, but I didn't find out about them until after I 
started playing out.  The jam got cancelled due to lack of turn-out.  
Alas.)  Anyway, I'm going to go listen to them, and if the in-person 
chemistry feels at all right, I'm going to approach the lead guy and 
ask if he'll give me some music lessons, and what he charges, etc.  
He's a guitar player and lead vocalist; his band plays blues and R&B 
and classic rock and country; their MySpace page has a very long song 
list.  If I can get together with him once a week and learn some songs 
and practice singing them while he plays guitar and offers pointers, I 
think I'll get the traction I need to sing at my local jam in a few 
weeks.  (He already invited me to sit in with them and play harp -- 
based on a phone conversation when I was trying to find a local blues 
jam.)

Watch me go!  :-)

And wish me luck.  Heh.
Elizabeth



On Jan 2, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Abner wrote:

> You can do it.
>
> Abner
>
> On Jan 2, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Elizabeth Hess 
> <TinLizzie2009@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Face down my fear, learn a half-dozen songs, and sing them -- through 
> > a microphone, in public (at the blues jam where I play harp).
> >
> > Elizabeth
> >
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