Well said, Tracie. I blow soap bubbles in your general direction! michele
Michele McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] (302) 453-1858 National Award Winning Résumé Writer, U.S.A. Certified Coach for Job and Career Transitions DJ on 91.3 WVUD-FM; Wednesdays 6-9AM www.wvud.org Hurdy Gurdy Player; Multi-Instrumentalist; Celtic/Folk/French Musician On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:06:29 -0400 (EDT) Tracie Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Michele, Roy, how come I've never met you at that session?!We've had > to contend with dancers who could only dance at the tempo their CDs > played at, and some who could only dance to the specific tunes on > those CDs. A couple of the more obnoxious ones flounced out of a > session (which they apparently mistook for a dance performance) when > we wouldn't play the "right" reel for their dance. Of course, it > didn't help that we just up and laughed at their demand because we > couldn't think of anything more polite to do... (They really were > obnoxious, and they're moved far far away now.) > > I don't really have a problem with only 3X through a tune, but the > old-timey musicians who wander in surely do. With them it's 8X > through minimum and d*mn the narcolepsy. And 3X through is plenty if > everyone's playing it exactly the same way each time through, just > like they learned it from The Book. And spare me from the guitarists > who have to have the chords written down for them! Don't these > people even *listen* to music? > > I don't play h-g well enough to play in a session, but I've run into > the "not Irish" comment about my harp! (Hel-lo! It's only the > national instrument, on the flag, the money and the beer.) More > frequently, however, someone (well-meaningly, I hope) says "You > can't play a harp in a session" to which I smile sweetly and say > "Yes I can." And then I do. I suspect what they're really saying > (the non-rude ones, anyway) is "You won't be able to keep up with > the jigs and reels on that thing because we've only ever heard > someone play slow airs on the harp, and besides no one will be able > to hear you anyway." On the other hand, when challenged I could > always say, "Gosh, I never knew that. Let me get my bodhran > instead!" Bwa-ha-ha! > > <gracefully descend soapbox> > > -- Tracie > If you know the names to all your tunes, you don't know enough tunes. > (Anon.) > > >
