[Harp-L] The list

[SONNYTONE@xxxxxxx]

Chris, I would email you personally but it would not get through to you as  
it didn't last time. I would hope the list or the owners of the list would  
filter these types of comments, this is not what I thought the list was supposed  
to be about. If you want to live in your world and have that mind set I can 
only  truly feel sorry for you, as the harp world is such a great place to live 
in,  you don't have to feel that you need to Bury or destroy everyone that 
comes  to sit in. I have heard your CD and you have you own style, your tone is 
of a  different style, not the tone of hundreds of fat West Coast or Chicago  
style players, but that is each person's style and preference. Give me  one 
note of substance of Big Walter Horton and to Me anyway that floats my  boat, as 
does guys of your style and vibrato who truly feel what they do and  have 
humility about it. Playing alongside Howard Levy ( whose tone I can tell  you 
have studied ) was a great inspiration for me, and having him smile and give  me 
the Look when I did my thing was a great feeling, but you will never hear him  
talk about how great he is, and there is none better for that style. Sonny  
Terry never said a word of his greatness. If you open your mind and  your heart 
to listening to others and enjoying your music, you will not have to  stand 
on a soapbox and pronounce how great you are to the world. Anger, ego and  
jealousy are such destructive tools, I can speak first hand on that subject, as  I 
am not perfect nor proclaim to be, but has seen a light through the tunnel 
and  can only hope you can see it in this lifetime. Your would not need to speak 
of  yourself in these terms nor feel the need to destroy others that want to 
play  and enjoy themselves. I do not need a note back from you, I know many on 
the  list cringed after reading that, and I am trying to put this note into 
context  that can hopefully have you read it and take a step back, rather than 
feel the  need to immediately counter it. I am doubtful you are in that space, 
but it was  told to me to try, so I am. I truly respect your playing although 
I do not play  that style, please just lighten up and you will get to a 
better place. I wish  you well and hope that others can learn from this also. As it 
has been shown to  me, people and things are put in our lives to learn from, 
whether it be a way  you would like to follow, or a learning tool of something 
you see in yourself  that you definitely want to change. This is not a joke, 
and one can't say it was  only that, this to me is counter productive of harp 
players working with each  other as one. If the majority of the list want me 
to exclude myself from it  and trying to shed some light, I will and just 
continue my ventures and working  on my CD.