Re: [Harp-L] looking for a new home...

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

If it's any comfort, I was once banned from Slidemeister  in a similar way and for a similar reason. Later I was allowed to return.

This kind of thing happens partly because they're trying really hard to have a haven for just chromatic without being completely overrun by players of the far more popular diatonic. And partly it's just the personality of A.J., the moderator, who has zero tolerance for challenges over the rules. In his defense, the tone of discussion on Slidemeister never gets overheated the way it sometimes does here.

Still, if you're talking *about* *chromatic* it should not be a problem to discuss a way of making the *chromatic* sound and, at least to me, referencing the diatonic in this context shouldn't be a problem. But that's me. And I didn't see how the discussion went ddown. (Slidemeister does have an area reserved for diatonic discussion, as well. But it's not the main part of the forum.)

Give it a couple of weeks and maybe go back to A.J. and try to make amends if you feel it's worth trying to rejoin.

Winslow

Winslow Yerxa

Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5

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--- On Tue, 6/1/10, Gene Pool <subdomaintain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Gene Pool <subdomaintain@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] looking for a new home...
To: "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 9:45 PM

Hello all,
 
Well I was banned from slidemeister today.  I tried to post the topic, "Getting a diatonic sound on a chromatic harmonica", which apparently is a forbidden topic on the chromatic forum.  When I protested I was banned.
 
This is a subject I've always been interested in, and I can't imagine why it's discussion is not allowed.  
 
So if this type of discussion is allowed here I'd love to hear your thoughts, from chromatic players, diatonic players, or people who play both. 
 
I don't know if attachments are allowed but I tried to attach a clip of me playing the Maret G48.  
 
Thanks,
Grant