Somebodies been chasin the weed, everyone is too happy...
Here is info on the Author/Teacher
Robert B. Fletcher is the author of Blues Harmonica for Beginners and Blues Grooves for Rhythm Guitar (Alfred Publications). He is also the author of The Gospel Harmonica Workbook and Kim Wilson: My Blues (both from Kevin's Harps Publications).
A regular columnist for American Harmonica Newsmagazine, Harmonica World, and a contributor to Zip Lines: The Voice of Adventure Education, Rob's work has been published in a variety of music magazines and arts journals. He has been an instructor at the National Guitar Workshop for over a dozen years and has taught and performed with two-time Grammy Award nominee and W.C. Handy Award winner Ronnie Earl.
Rob is an exceptional singer, harmonica player and guitarist who has performed with Trey Anastasio of Phish as well as blues great Ronnie Earl. He and his music partner Lou Manzi perform an original acoustic blend of blues, jazz, and R & B in New York City and throughout New England. In addition to the Remembrance CD, their delightful debut album Horsin' Around Live (Life is Swell Music) was released in January 2003.
Rob is also a corporate teambuilding consultant and is trained as a Wilderness First Responder. He holds a BA in Music Performance from the State University of New York at New Paltz and lives on Cape Ann in Massachusetts.
Last Edited by on Nov 13, 2012 6:55 PM
Ide like to go one of these stupid team building seminars with all the wanky managers i have to deal with and let fly with some of my stuff, i'm not pro, but just to show some of the goons and hangers on how dumb they really are, after the session 99.9999% will go back to being office bullies and dump the tin sandwich, good vid tho....;)
Dang. I've been playing for near on 30 years and still trying to master this instrument and if I had known about this I could have had my diploma in just 2 hours.
@Steamrollin Stan, I was wondering what would happen if a good player was among the folk in the "team building" exercise. I suppose it would depend on the skill and temperment of the coach. I noted that they did not let us hear the coach play in the demo clip.
@ Frank, I have been taking martial arts for about 5 years now and I notice a tremedous overlap with music. The dicipline required and the mucle memory training are the same. It is surprising how often comments made by a conductor are appropriate for the do jong, and comments made by a Grand Master are appropriate for the symphony. I would recomend martial arts to any musician and to any martial artist I would advise taking up an instrument. the two are quite complimentary.
I beg to differ on buying belts. Anyone can "earn" a black belt in 5 years if you look for the right places. I studied with a traditionally (family) trained martial artist from Japan for many years. Regularly multi degree black belts from the Austin area would come by his house to train with him. He would have them put on a demonstration of their skills and everytime came out with a white belt. He said it wasn't their faults. Their instructors trained them wrong- rushed them through and they had no foundation. He would tell them they would have a very hard road unlearning what they know. None stuck around. I see the same scenario in todays internet music learning world. It creates cut and paste players that never learn the root because their teachers never learned it. Most of the internet teachers I read about have no backround with the blues greats and often very little to no pro/full time playing experience. The root is what it all is about. America is about get it right now and if you have the cash that is always there for you. Walter ---------- walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year in the Tunnel of Dreams Studio. " life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
