Re: [Harp-L] Why Blues Jams are Important

[Garry <harp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/15/2011 01:43 PM, Ken Deifik wrote:
> Diatonic harmonica players are in the business of entertaining 
> audiences, of moving them, of knocking them out.  You learn how to do 
> that by getting better than the people who already do that, and you 
> get better than them by directly competing with them at jams.

wow.  that's such a foreign way of thinking to me.  i learn how to do 
that by
watching and listening and learning from others, and by constantly trying to
make myself better than i am now.  competing with others has nothing to do
with any of that.  maybe some people get off on beating their perceived
competition, but i guess i find my motivations elsewhere.

different strokes...

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