[Harp-L] Who is Good?

[Rick Dempster]

Whenever anyone asks me how long did it take me to learn, I say, "Up till
now", and it's true; I'm still learning.
Otherwise it would be boring.
RD

On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 13:05, Robert Eberwein <reberwein at xxxxx>
wrote:

> Its funny. I don't think anyone would ever say to a, say, intermediate
> snazzyily good saxophone player: "How long does it take to get that good."
> It reminds me of one of my clients, who had seen a video of me playing
> (nothing exceptional but a fairly complicated solo, and one good enough to
> have been paid to play), "Show me how to do that." She'd brought a new
> Marineband with her and figured I could show her in a session or two. To be
> fair, a lot of us picked the bluesharp up for the same reasons people pick
> up spoons or Jews-harp, but you'd think there'd be a point where that would
> stop. No complaints mind you- just as many people think you are world class
> just because you breath fast in & out scales on the high end. It is not a
> fair world. But I like it.
>