Posted by Neil Mickelson on December 07, 2002 at 17:56:34:
GREETING!
I HAVE BEEN LEARING TO PLAY THE HARMONICA FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW AND I STINK :-) HAVE TO SMILE BECAUSE I USED TO PLAY THE CLARINET AND GUITAR YEARS AGO BUT MY FINGERS AREN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE. I THINK THE HARMONICA IS MY TOOL FOR MUSICAL JOY AT LAST. TO BE TRUTHFUL I WANT TO APPROACH IT RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING BUT CANNOT FIND A TEACHER IN MY AREA. I LIVE IN LAKEWOOD, CALIF. NEAR LONG BEACH. IF NO ONE KNOWS OF ANYONE TO TAKE LESSONS FROM HERE THEN I WOULD LOVE IT IF SOME OF YOU PROS COULD SUGGEST AND GREAT BEGINNER VIEDO. I WANT TO PLAY CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN CHURCH MUSIC AND OTHER CHRISTIAN HYMS AND HERS :) I AM 51 AND BELIEVE IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN NEW TRICKS ALTHOUG THEY DO SEEM MORE CHALLENGING TO LEARN THAN BEFORE! I JUST WANT TO APPROACH IT IN A FUN WAY AND IN A WAY THAT WILL CAUSE ME TO LOOK FORWARD TO LEAFNING AND STICKING WITH IT. I AM DETERMINED I WILL JUST NEED SOME DIRECTION. ANY WAY THANKS FOR WHATEVER INFO YOU CAN LEND BUT PLEASE SEND SOMETHING YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KN0W HAS EXPERIENCED FIRST HAND OR EVEN SECOND :0) AHY HAND WILL DO. SEE YA, NEIL