Re: [Harp-L] Bad Night

[Rich Eisenberg <catketch2@xxxxxxxxx>]

How about when the singer announces you during a song, and you start out,
and your harp ( usually it is a D harp) dies!
You just keep going, skip the non-responsive notes; what else can you do!



On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Randy Redington <rwredington@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Yeah...I tend to be my own worst critic.  If I hit a bad note...I could say
> it was stylized or improv. The audience doesn't know. But I do.
> You are right. Several people said they enjoyed it and were blessed.  My
> wife said she could tell I was struggling but that it sounded good.
> Like others have pointed out it just didn't sound like I knew it should.
>
>
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: BO <bostonmoejo@xxxxxxx>
> Date:11/11/2013  9:49 AM  (GMT-05:00)
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Bad Night
>
>
>
>
> Dale,
>
> You're probably the only one that noticed all of this.
>
> Was there any reaction from the audience?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Miklas <harmonicat@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Dale Dutridge <daledut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Mon, Nov 11, 2013 8:15 am
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Bad Night
>
>
> WOW Dale,  I have had those moments in my life.  That is when I began
> hauling my own sound equipment everywhere I go.  Through the years, I've
> gone from large speakers out front to a very small but loud speakers (you
> know that system) to now a small/powerful acoustic amp, the Fishman Loudbox
> Artist.  I will always have my own mix on stage, then feed the sound board
> with a line out.
>
> Sorry to hear about this experience.
>
> GM
>
> On Monday, November 11, 2013, Dale Dutridge wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> >
>
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