one of David's most vaulable tips

I've passed through one more phase of "I'm not making any progress and never will. I just can't do this" thinking.  followebd by " I'm putting it down forever"  (not for the first time I'vce passed though this same tunnel of dark

but then a harmonica plays in soime song in my radio and I think "Yeah, I can do this a little bit.  I'll never be a buddy greene or david barret and that's ok too"   soi I return to try again...one more time.

now I happened onto something in one of the level 4 lessons about listening as much or more than playing to learn a lick or riff.

I've had trouble getting last 2 of 3 bars of one of my all time favorite southern gospel tunes, precious Lord take my hand, in time because of some simple syncopatoon when shouldn't have been that bad but it was.  

I finally found a beautifil backing track for it for a good price of $2,.50 and took David's lesson and tips and trick to heart. isolated my trouble spot and began to listen and listen and listen some more then try to play and loisten again, while lsinging badly of key and out of tune but who cares abouit that minor detail.

the tip served on different levels.  forced my ear to really focus on the chord changes and when the harp tabe fall into the isolated sectioon and I begain to get oit in time. 

all that being said...listening works  :)

Monty