JInx
846 posts
Aug 18, 2014
10:08 AM
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I wish you would reconsider. Even though the your old thread got jacked up to piss you off, it actually serves you to the better. I liked you band, and had forgotten all about them. Now I remember and am curious to see how you guys are doing. I always thought the double guitars (and the rest of you) were going to develop into a real deal blues outfit.
Sometimes bad vibes are the ticket.
PS and Kudzu...thank heavens you got a handle on that kick drum ; )
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Last Edited by JInx on Aug 18, 2014 10:11 AM
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1847
2067 posts
Aug 18, 2014
10:41 AM
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i am in agreement with jinx here.
did i say that out loud... ouch lol
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i get a lot of request when i play my harmonica
"but i play it anyway"
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JInx
849 posts
Aug 18, 2014
11:04 AM
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eee gads, i better change my tune
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nacoran
7948 posts
Aug 18, 2014
11:14 AM
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I'm with you guys. I think we had a hiccup in forum decorum as far as bringing an old thread back. I generally think it's better to let old threads stay buried unless there is a really good reason or the original OP wants to reminisce, but sometimes they pop up and when they do they often are a great chance to show progress.
I'm sure there are some pretty terrible little snippets from when I first started playing buried in the archives. Take them for what they are- old stuff. Anything I post now I hope is much better, and a couple years from now, I hope to be able to look back on what I'm doing today and still see that I'm improving.
And as for the general mayhem over the last couple days, we handed down some suspensions and warnings, and I think (fingers crossed) that we've gotten that out of our system.
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KingoBad
1518 posts
Aug 18, 2014
4:07 PM
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I think it is also a lesson in managing your online presence - which needs updating from time to time.
If you WANT to show your progression over time, manage it that way.
If you are a gigging musician, you might want to consider taking down the old stuff. You WILL be looked at online, and you should put your best stuff out there.
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Danny
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GMaj7
501 posts
Aug 18, 2014
5:04 PM
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KingoBad nailed it.
Manage your online presence.
The image you put out there in writing is as important as the image you put out there in photographs and sound.
There is a nickname for those who handle these tasks well..
*****EMPLOYED*******
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16:23 Custom Harmonicas
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Goldbrick
630 posts
Aug 18, 2014
6:25 PM
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I have logged many a misspent year in the arts ( actor, photographer, radio personality and musician ) . One thing I learned quick is you need to thicken your hide to survive.
Criticism is essential to improvement. Some will be constructive-some will be from folks that just wanna mess with you. You need the ability to use the constructive reviews to hone your craft and smile and shrug off the garbage.
Otherwise you just might as well perform, paint, write etc for your parents and your dog- they will love whatever you do
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kudzurunner
4880 posts
Aug 18, 2014
6:29 PM
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I agree, Goldbrick. Thicken your hide to survive.
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SuperBee
2166 posts
Aug 18, 2014
6:50 PM
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Edit: removed redundant comment. My brain sometimes moves slower than my typing finger.
Last Edited by SuperBee on Aug 18, 2014 10:23 PM
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jbone
1736 posts
Aug 20, 2014
4:24 AM
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Guess I missed the apparent escalation of that thread. It seemed like it could have been salvaged and even some good gotten from it when I last saw it. I even made some conciliatory remarks.
I don't feel badly about seasoned players getting pot shotted, that happens to all of us one way or another. I DO feel bad if a new gal or guy here sees that sort of anger expressed over something too critical or designed to get a bad reaction.
Kingo is spot on though, most of my old stuff is here at home and will see the light of day on a limited basis and for specific reasons only.
I'm not a career musician although I expect I will do more after retirement in a few years. But as a duo we already face age discrimination- until someone gives us a chance and sees the way an audience responds to us. I definitely don't hit everything the way I intend to, but after enough live flubs and recoveries, you learn to carry on and do better next time.
One other thought: for the most part anything you can say about my skill or lack of, I have already told my own self. We are our own worst critics sometimes!
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barbequebob
2686 posts
Aug 20, 2014
10:23 AM
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Goldbrick is right and if you want to eventually be a pro, you absolutely HAVE to grow thick skin and many pros are going to be very brutally honest and if you think you're getting tough criticism on an online forum and are too thin skinned to handle it, God help you when you turn pro because whenever you get reviewed in the media, you ARE going to get criticized for both good AND bad and you can't take things personally or you can consider yourself dead meat and being thin skinned only makes you your own worst enemy.
There was a guy on the internet who called himself Badams who got kicked out of just about every single online harmonica forum because he just liked being nasty to other harp players just to get his rocks off by being an absolute asshole on purpose. Thank goodness, no one in their right mind has let him be on another harp forum because his horrible reputation has been well known.
Everyone is always their own worst critic and that's a fact of life.
Whenever you have some kind of product out there, be it YT videos, CD's, MP3's, or anything else, one of the virst things you have to remember is that you will never please everyone, but even if you get a negative critique, they may be noticing something really important that you may have never paid enough attention to and can really help you change your game, if you're willing to listen rather than react by snapping at people first and listening last.
Remember, in everyone's lifetime, including EVERY pro on the planet, at some point in time, you ARE going to be humbled and it's a fact of life, and you need to use it as a learning tool, and from my own experience, I've been humbled plenty of times.
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dougharps
715 posts
Aug 20, 2014
1:43 PM
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@BluesJacketman
I hope you come back, too! At times the forum can get intense, but it is a great place to learn, and it is worth dealing with bad situations to experience the overall benefits. You don't have to post a lot, or put yourself out there to benefit.
What is being said about handling criticism is really important. If it is gratuitous criticism, then ignore it, because if you let it get to you and you react in anger, the critic wins. If it is accurate criticism, whatever the intention of the critic, then you just got help in identifying areas in need of improvement.
What Bob says about being humbled is accurate. One of the reasons I go to SPAH and went to the first Harmonica Collective is to be around players who will demonstrate how it is done. I am one of a few reasonably good players in my area (small pond) and I know I need to get a bigger picture to see what I need to work on. Being around players who can play rings around you tends to make you humble, and helps you identify what you want to work on next. Hearing some of the playing posted on this site can also be humbling.
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Doug S.
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BronzeWailer
1402 posts
Aug 20, 2014
6:07 PM
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I would also ask BluesJacketman to reconsider. You are young; imagine if you learned through stuff on MBH for another 10, 20, or 30 years. How awesome could you get?
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