[Harp-L] Musician Forum?

[Rick Dempster]

Same here Aongus; I can't be bothered with the kind of sub-group sites you
are talking about.
I like the ease and free flow of harp-l. If I'm not interested, I just bin
it, but at least nothing slips by me.
I've been a harp-l follower since it's very early days, like about '95, I
think.
I tend to shut my mouth a bit more now (with age comes wisdom, or at least
the realisation that
I don't have as much wisdom as i once thought)
Here's to us hangers-in. Lomg may we persist!
RD

On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 at 09:50, Joseph Leone <3N037 at xxxxx> wrote:

>
> > On Jan 17, 2019, at 6:37 AM, Aongus Mac Cana <amaccana at xxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > I notice that some contributors are becoming concerned that this list is
> not
> > intellectual or musically informed enough.
>
> That and the point was also made that the list is too general without
> separate categories?
>
> To the first item. Harmonica players don’t get a whole lot of respect to
> begin with. And, sadly there are even harmonica players who don’t respect
> other harmonica players.
> Of course we can also add people who have a fixation/penchant/proclivity
> (I call them all Kleptos lol), of emitting negative waves.
>
> I happen to know people who can expound about theory (and that’s what it
> IS folks), structure, chords, triads, biads, sevenths, diminished minors,
> and on and on BUT they
> can’t play. I mean they can play AT harp, but they can’t grab you. They
> have no ‘hook’, they’re boring.
>
> Ok, second point, categories. I see it differently..maybe?. We are already
> struggling with barely enough meat to keep the list going as it is.
> Sometimes things on the L are slow.
>
> > I used to participate for a few years in a specialist "petrol head" forum
> > devoted to vintage Porsches. It was run on very similar lines to Harp_L.
> It
> > was very lively helpful and informative.
> >
> > Then someone got the bright idea that it was not cool  or elaborate
> enough
> > and decided to refine and develop it so that the real experts could
> pursue
> > specialist topics in an informed way and not be distracted by the dumb
> > questions of the "Riff Raff" or the "Great Unwashed”.
>
> On any list with a couple years and lots of mileage under their belt you
> will have newer people ask questions. This is to be expected and said newer
> members shouldn’t be scorned.
> And as far as I have seen, they aren’t. So we should keep it all
> diplomatic.   :)
>
> > This establishment of
> > sub groups and specialist areas became  so ponderous that I can no
> longer be
> > bothered to try accessing it any more.
>
> Again, just because someone talks a good show doesn’t mean they can
> deliver.
> >
> > Here's hoping that Harp_L does not go the same way.
>
> Amen to that Aongus.
>
> Adelle Aide
> >
> > Beannachtai
> >
> > Aongus Mac Cana
> >
>
>