Thanks for the kind words my friends. Its always nice to hear people appreciate the time it takes to learn this instrument. I do hope to play with a band soon.
Thanks for the kind words everyone. Its always nice to hear that my playing is being enjoyed by others. Harmonica has been just a hobby but I put in a lot of work. Dave Barretts bluesharmonica.com has been a great help since I don't have a regular teacher right now. I am doing the LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT on that site and currently almost done with level 4 (it goes to 10). Its like a school of blues I am going to try and pass all 10 but these levels get harder and longer with each one. Dave makes everyone start at level one regardless how long they have been playing. It really helped with my tongue blocking because Dave likes almost everything TB ed. I am looking forward to getting to know some members here and hearing everyone play.
Hi everyone, New Member Guy here I am wondering out of everyone that lives in Michigan where the good harp open mics are located. The Unicorn in Lansing has a good one but its an hour away and I cant get my wheelchair in their bathroom the doorway is too small. I don't care if it is an hour away from where I live in Swartz creek MI but I want to be able to use the dang restroom. I was just at Corey's in Lansing to watch Dennis Gruenling and couldn't get in their restroom either talk about irritating. I am getting to the point in my harp playing where I finally want to start playing for the public so I am looking so thought I would ask. Peace
Hi everyone, my name is Guy . I have lived in Michigan all my life. Currently live in Swartz Creek, MI. I am 50 years young and a General Motors retiree(I was a team coordinator at Lansing car assembly). I haven't been playing harp all that long I picked one up around 2010 and started to seriously study the instrument in 2012 because I had so much free time being retired. I had Michael Rubin for a regular teacher for 1.5 years he taught me about all the scales and theory and all the basics in relation to harmonica. I was one of the first members of Ronnie Shellist's "harmonica 123" Ronnie taught a live online class for a few years before he got hired to work for Hohner. It was such a cool idea Ronnie would be live on video while about 20 students would watch (or play) and type in questions unfortunately he doesn't have the Live thing anymore I don't think but he does have it all available for download along with many lessons on the harmonia123 site. I also had Jason Ricci for a teacher for a few weeks but I wasn't quite advanced enough to take advantage of them at the time I don't think. Jason is a great guy he invited me to his house to stay the first time we talked on the phone when I was inquiring about hiring him for my teacher. I did play piano and some guitar before I started with harp which was a big help in musical understanding. I do have youtube videos up if you want to hear me play. I use the videos to listen to myself and to record for the levels of achievement test at bluesharmonica.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BRTT5gMVeQ I love the harp and have met a lot of great people in the process. One more thing I am in a wheelchair from taking a bad fall down a mountain on a snowmobile which is why I retired early from General Motors. My health is what keeps me from playing in a giging band so its just been for my love of blues music that I keep playing. Maybe I will get good enough on harp to sit in occasionally with different musicians someday.
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