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hvyj...My Critique
hvyj...My Critique
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Frank
784 posts
Jun 24, 2012
6:51 AM
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The brutally honest suggestion was just a take off of how bqbob lays it on the line, I was under the impression that, that is what helps harmonica players progress and strengthen their playing weaknesses...
I actually thought John's playing was great, I was really surprised of all the emails - 14 of them, who expressed real disappointed in John's harmonica playing.
Again,I think he did just fine - especially now knowing that he is just an intermediate beginner as far as playing the harmonica is concerned.
So my hats off to John and the reason I put up the songs was to showcase his skills, I thought folks would be EXCITED to hear him do his thing on the harmonica, I was!
Looking forward to some of his recent playing to be released, some videos would be awesome...
If my intent came off wrong, I apologize...Keep on harpin - John is a good harmonica player no matter if others hear it in his playing or not.
keep on harpin,
Sincerely,
Frank
PS. John's music is readily available for anyone to listen to, it is a pretty cool site to boot, the address is below.
http://dicklangemusic.com/page1/page1.html
Last Edited by on Jun 24, 2012 7:01 AM
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hvyj
2497 posts
Jun 24, 2012
7:18 AM
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Frank,
Who are you trying to kid? Feel free to categorize me based on these lousy performances. I'm not going to debate you about it, so your time might be better spent making instrumental kareoke recordings like you usually do.
Be honest: You were pissed off when i put up a post saying, essentially, that there was more to playing blues than being able to play a blues scale. Then you posted one of your hero worship vids under the title "The Power of the Blues Scale" and then you put up a post with these lousy recordings.
It's not my fault that you feel insecure when someone suggests that there's more to music than what your inadequate knowledge includes. So, if it makes you feel better, go ahead and try to make me look like i can't play any better than what is recorded in the recordings you posted.
I'm not going to get into some sort of contest about whether some other recording shows I can play better. My ego is not as fragile as yours. You see, I don't GAF whether you or anyone else on MBH thinks i can play or not.
I think you are an insecure asshole. You should have been banned from this forum a while ago since you've already been warned at least twice (that I'm aware of) about your malicious behavior. And that's one more warning than you are supposed to be entitled to. So, if it amuses you to call me an intermediate beginner go ahead and have fun with it. I have more confidence in my playing abilities than to allow what i am capable of to be defined by your opinions or the admittedly lousy performances on the recordings you posted.
So, go ahead and ridicule me, and continue to post hero worship vids, But. it would be my suggestion that you stop reading posts discussing music theory because you obviously find them ego threatening.
Last Edited by on Jun 24, 2012 7:39 AM
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TheoBurke
32 posts
Jun 24, 2012
7:27 AM
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One gets to be a better harp player by PLAYING harp constantly and taking that playing to whatever context and situation might challenge him or her to play better. I take my hat off to John for getting his playing in front of the public and absorbing an audience's energy and trying to interact with other musicians; his tone waivers, sure, and his phrasing and intonation could be more precise, of course, but he does have an idea of how to build a solo; he sounds well enough along with his skills for me to assume that he will tighten up and add to his technique and be able to play his ideas better,sharper, more powerfully. Playing live is risk taking, and I applaud John for putting it out there.
Honesty is a virtue, we can agree, as it helps avoid needless ambiguity. The world is a better place when we say what we mean. Brutal honesty, though, is over rated; anything done brutally is done with a heavy, uncaring hand that is more in the hammer of things rather than the building of things. It is, I suspect, the kind of things that is starts with a bad mood or mean spirit that exists prior to any ideas being stated. Whatever useful truth contained their end is rendered useless by a species of bullying. Brutal honesty, additionally, tends to make for needless tangents or diatribes about pet peeves that are not part of the conversation: performing to backing tracks, fishing for compliments, the like. It side tracks what issues were under discussion and effectively destroys a conversation. The internet is full of forums that contain flame wars of all sorts,and it's a shame that some of us mistake their personal preferences, styles and philosophy of the harmonica into a all encompassing ideology of the blues: I am right, you are wrong. This does not work. Strong opinions are fine, but gratuitous rudeness just shuts things done and kills the joy music is supposed to give us. There are smarter ways, better ways to make your point and disagree with others. Just my opinion.
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www.ted-burke.com
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jim
1270 posts
Jun 24, 2012
7:47 AM
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I wonder if Frank really got the message the first time...
I think this time everyone might put it in a more straightforward, shorter way. Something easier to comprehend.
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Last Edited by on Jun 24, 2012 7:47 AM
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The Iceman
362 posts
Jun 24, 2012
7:57 AM
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ooh, opening this subject, when it hit the screen set off the fire alarm in my bedroom.
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The Iceman
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harpdude61
1444 posts
Jun 24, 2012
8:09 AM
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I dunno...when a thread has been locked, reviving it could lead to banishment.
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hvyj
2498 posts
Jun 24, 2012
8:14 AM
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@jim: Apparently the moderators don't get the message either. A while ago when Frank was making personal attacks against me resulting from my Choo-Choo Train posts, he was warned by a moderator.
Then , later, when Frank was making personal attacks against Dave Payne (Elk River) he was warned by Adam who made a point of telling Frank that he only gets one warning before being banned.
Now, i don't want to appear unduly sensitive, but this thread is nothing other than a further personal attack against me.
So, I guess the forum rules don't apply to Frank. We'll just have to get used to him continuing to be a festering pustule on the MBH anatomy.
I mean, I'm a big boy. Someone wants to post recordings of some shitty performances I'm not particularly proud of, I'll live with it. But starting this thread is purely a malicious personal attack. Like he's done before to Dave Payne and to me. So, since frank apparently has been given dispensation from the Forum Creed, I assume we'll all have to continue to put up with his malicious vitriol.
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jim
1271 posts
Jun 24, 2012
8:18 AM
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In Russia, the message is no longer transmitted written/orally, if it hasn't been understood the first time.
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Last Edited by on Jun 24, 2012 8:19 AM
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hvyj
2499 posts
Jun 24, 2012
8:25 AM
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Well, Jim, after two warnings and a locked thread, it's obvious that MBH ain't like Russia.
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eharp
1843 posts
Jun 24, 2012
8:35 AM
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wow! possibly 2 locked threads in a span of 24 hours?
i gotta see what odds vegas is giving.
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hvyj
2500 posts
Jun 24, 2012
8:41 AM
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@eharp: You might want to find out what kind of odds they'll give you on THREE. Since the rules don't apply to Frank, you don't actually think he's going to stop, do you?
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kudzurunner
3338 posts
Jun 24, 2012
9:10 AM
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The rules apply to everybody.
One of my moderators emailed me late last night to say that he was locking a thread that had been started by Frank. I read the entire thread. My moderator was spot-on. He said he would be away today and asked us all to keep an eye on things.
I come to the forum this morning and find that Frank has started another thread on exactly the same topic.
Memo to Frank: Cease and desist. The locked thread was a signal to you, but you ignored it. Please don't ignore the signal conveyed by this second locked thread. I don't like banning people. Please don't give me any further reason to do that. Thanks.
Last Edited by on Jun 24, 2012 9:12 AM
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