Re: [Harp-L] Hill Country Fans Burn Gindick At Stake

[pdxharpdog@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Anyone who has been to a Jamcamp as I have, and has spent some face time with Jon, knows him to be one of the most sincere,Âhonest and humble people in the world. Jon is the reason a lot of us caught the harmonica bug. I personally owe him for theÂ12 years of joy I have had through music he inspired me to play. Jon makes his living this way. 



Adam is a fantastic guy and generous to a fault, sharing his love of harmonica andÂmad skills freely through Youtube. I personally owe him for theÂjoy I continue to get through harmonica. Wow, thanks Adam! 



I sincerely hope this all blows over and we can all get back to lovin both of these guys. They are both awesome ambassadors for our instrument. 



Ross Macdonald 

www.sassparillapdx.com 






----- Original Message ----- 
From: jongindick@xxxxxxxxxxx 
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:16:09 PM 
Subject: [Harp-L] Hill Country Fans Burn Gindick At Stake 


ok, it's not that bad... 

If people are going to write about me on any forum, they should hear the 
other side. Many of you know me. Someone posted the last post about this on 
Adams Forum and I hope they will do again cause naturally I can't post 
directly there. This is my livlihood and my reputation. 

Of course, I am in a state between high giddy and skin tingling anxiety: 
Fight or flee. Horrible, and so I am laughing my ass off at same time 
cause it is so absurd. ÂWith Jam Camp in three days. and that's a three 
ring circus for 5 days worth of hi anx for lo key me. I'll probably back 
down because I am pragmatic but maybe it will bring us all together in some 
way positive. 

Or at the very least get to tell the jam camp story. 

The fact Jam Camp is a thou seems to piss some people off. I get it. Thing 
is: I PAY PRO HARP PLAYERS REAL MONEY every day for 5 days. And I have a 
lot of coaches. ÂSo these people who think I am some kind of rich snob are 
actually saying harp players shouldn't get paid. I paid Adam $250 a day for 
10 straight camps. I wish I can pay Adam and all my coaches more. They 
deserve it. 

But after 10 camps, Adam didn't notify me of his plans to do his own event. 
After 10 camps, I found out about in a press release that said Hill Country 
was the only Miss Harp Event. Think I wasn't threatened? This was while 
Adam was still booked to coach my next camp (late March) and which I still 
let him coach at and paid him the $250 a day for two to three days. 

Trying to make lemonade, I was supportive. He took me aside at camp and He 
was worried about his attendance, and you know, trying to be a friend, when 
I got back, I stupidly bought a plane ticket to attend as a attendee, and 
to announce it on my website and newsletter, to help. 

Brian Purdy and I were going to meet there and attend. He called me and 
told me not to come. His brand. I would stifle him. Ruin his camp. What 
about my Mississippi Jam Camp Brand? The camp he teaches at? I didn't say a 
thing, 
although he did tell him I had bought the ticket, so he knew. 

Trying to make lemonade, I decided to go to C'dale and hang out by myself 
cause I love it there, and I had that nonrefundable ticket, but driving to 
the airport, Âthe thought of many of my friends -- like you--100 miles away 
at a harp event I was banned from, I turned around in the car when I hit 
LAX and came home. Nice feeling. 

So, I decided to make lemonade out of lemons, and follow through in my 
plans to do a late May Camp as I want to expand to 4 a year and this seems 
like a great idea, and yes, in some way face saving. I admit it. 

When I told ÂAdam IN ADVANCE of my plans, he told me not to, said it would 
make us enemies, told me to wait a year. And after sending him a snippy 
e-mail, I thought, this is my chance to build something bigger than Jam 
Camp and I don't care what Adam thinks. Now, it's at this state, and I'll 
tell you what, I am going to make some lemonade out of this. Somehow... 

Anyway, if you got this far, I promise I will try not to post to you guys 
any more. Unless you like soap operas. I just don't have another way of 
protecting my reputation from what he and other have been writing about my 
intentions and who zoomed whom. And it's my livlihood and, I hope you are 
my friends, as well as Adams. 

Maybe I am wrong, I am often am, but there is a context here. Your feed 
back appreciated, and hope you'l give feedback to Adam too. 

That's it, baby. THANKS!!! 

Jon 



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