“I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast and stick it out the window.”
~Stephen Wright“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
~Mahatma GandhiDavid Harp is the Rosetta Stone of the harmonica. He has taught over a million people how to play, and holds the world’s record for teaching the most people to play at one time (2,569). How does he do it?
Mindfulness. Because that’s what he’s really interested in…
If you’re like me you probably have at least one, if not two cheap harmonicas lying in the bottom of your closet or in the back of a drawer someplace. When you see them you take them out of the box, lick your lips, wail unskillfully until you’re out of breath, tuck it back in the box, and then forget about it for another four years.
I’ve licked my lips long enough. Wailed unskillfully long enough. It was time to do something about it.
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Beautifully expressed! Connecting is so enhanced when passion is present. Your way with words and stories filled my head with joyful images. Thanks for sharing lessons worth repeating. My work/play/passion involves inspiring people to activate their creative potential with joy. Keep preaching the gospel of learning something new..that’s where joy lives.
Great article, but it was “Magic Dick” Salwitz on the licking stick, not J.Geils (the lead guitarist) that played harmonica with The J.Geil’s Band.
Thank you for the specifics and clarification!