Re: [Harp-L] Bad Night

[The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx>]

<<I practiced that song for weeks
and you only get one shot at doing it right and I blew it.>>


bad mind set. you have the rest of your life to do it right. 


It's the journey, not the destination.


-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Dutridge <daledut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Nov 11, 2013 7:46 am
Subject: [Harp-L] Bad Night


Okay I just need to sing my woes for a minute.  Have you ever stood in front
of an audience and did a believable impression of someone who never met a
harmonica before.

Last night at church that is about what I feel like I did.

I am known for clean, clear solo harmonica to pre-recorded accompaniment
music. So knowing that I was scheduled to play in church last night, I pick
a familiar hymn, find nice southern gospel accompaniment music, tune a harp
to circular tuning to get all the notes I need, proceed to practice the song
around a hundred times.

Fast forward. the music director has a death in the family and (2 days ago)
asks me to lead congregational singing on the same night I am supposed to
play. So last night I get there for sound check with a brand new crew on the
soundboard.  They don't know how to make the music come through the
monitors. So I had to go back and do it for them.  Then the pastor comes and
changes the order of service on me. So I have to lead a song then play my
song and then lead another song.  Oh yeah and the sound crew cant handle
more than the pulpit mic right now so I have to use an unfamiliar mic.  Then
I get up to play and I can barely hear my music  through the monitor and I
proceed to play the song with notes bleeding into each other like I've never
played single notes before, I played one musical phrase backwards. All in
all I felt like it was awful.  Now it was actually passible if I were a
beginner but I left there pretty bummed.  I practiced that song for weeks
and you only get one shot at doing it right and I blew it.

At least the sound crew hasn't mastered recording yet so there is no
permanent record except for this rant J

Whew! I feel better, thanks for letting be vent. now to go pick my
harmonicas out of the trash to try again another day.

 

Dale