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well its been a whole year sense i started playing
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jonsparrow
1538 posts
Jan 01, 2010
1:29 PM
its been about a year sense i started playing harmonica seriously. lets compare from 2 months to now. its also been a year sense i cut my hair.



Last Edited by on Jan 01, 2010 1:33 PM
LeonStagg
73 posts
Jan 01, 2010
1:40 PM
Nice progress Jon. Good luck this year!
tookatooka
938 posts
Jan 01, 2010
1:55 PM
Yes, your confidence is showing through and your tone is great in comparison.
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jonsparrow
1539 posts
Jan 01, 2010
2:42 PM
thanks the first one is almost painful to listen too. lol
pharpo
44 posts
Jan 01, 2010
2:44 PM
What a difference !! Nicee meeting you last week Jon ! Was that the Manji ?
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jonsparrow
1540 posts
Jan 01, 2010
2:53 PM
yep thats the manji.
mankycodpiece
51 posts
Jan 02, 2010
4:16 AM
well impressed jon.
do you have a structured practice?
i'll be well chuffed(very pleased)if i can get the same level of improvement that you've achieved.
i tend to just doodle,or play along with my grandsons or recordings.
minidaz
3 posts
Jan 02, 2010
4:59 AM
If i can play like that after 2 months i'll be happy :o)

It's good, as a beginner, to see how someone has progressed over a year. Well done.
jonsparrow
1551 posts
Jan 02, 2010
9:55 AM
thanks
@manky no i dont really have a structured practice. i just learn something new an i play it over an over for a real long time till i can play it in my sleep. an in between ill play other things i learned so i dont forget them. then when i get bored i move on to something new.
mankycodpiece
56 posts
Jan 02, 2010
10:02 AM
thanks jon,i'll just stop flitting from one thing to another.
harmonicanick
499 posts
Jan 02, 2010
11:36 AM
'i play it over an over for a real long time till i can play it in my sleep'

Jon is able to maintain this punishing and rewarding schedule because as he put it recently:

'no woman's gonna have my nuts in a jar!'
jonsparrow
1552 posts
Jan 02, 2010
12:26 PM
this is true.
Delta Dirt
77 posts
Jan 02, 2010
5:29 PM
Stop playing now. Or you will look back fourty years later with nothing but a hazy past of bar room stories. Playing the chitlin circuit. Getting better and better but getting worse off physically and financially.Yea there were those moments of nirvana but then its gone and nobody to share it with...Sorry to vent but that was me or you were me years ago. I rocked hard between Memphis and New Orleans for four decades. I did sale my soul at the crossroads and yes its cost me.... life.....the road became my friend... The harp will eventually suck your soul and own you....three pack habits and motel tans. So its not too late my friend. Take up the accordian instead.......Naw fuck it rock on brother!!!
jonsparrow
1555 posts
Jan 02, 2010
5:49 PM
lol your nuts. i like you.
Zhin
368 posts
Jan 02, 2010
5:51 PM
"your nuts. i like you."

wtf!?

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Luke Juke
54 posts
Jan 03, 2010
2:17 AM
I hope jon wasn't talking to his nuts and really meant 'you're nuts.I like you'
Ant138
247 posts
Jan 03, 2010
3:46 AM
Excellent progress Jon, i really like the comparison with the video's. You've come along way, keep playing and keep getting inked!!!!!!!
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jonsparrow
1560 posts
Jan 03, 2010
9:33 AM
nuts as in crazy lol.

@ant oh i will. im running out of room though. theres room for like 1 or 2 tatts on my arms. then i might have to migrate to my back.
geordiebluesman
249 posts
Jan 03, 2010
3:04 PM
lovely playing and tone on that second video,i cant play like that after 5 years!
jonsparrow
1566 posts
Jan 03, 2010
3:54 PM
well thats an ego boost. thanks.


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