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Making the Low Notes: A Life in Music
A bass player navigates his way through the muddy waters of Chicago’s music scene
Bill Harrison chronicles his journey from bumbling music student to successful professional bass player in late twentieth-century Chicago. Told with a mixture of wry humor and hard-won insight, Making the Low Notes gives readers an insider’s peek into the prosaic life of a working musician. Harrison describes periods of camaraderie, disappointment, pain, and joy as he toils in venues as divergent as bowling alleys, jazz clubs, recording studios, hotels, orchestra pits, and concert halls. He shares the stage with jazz greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Clark Terry, Bunky Green, and Max Roach. Along the way, the bassist struggles to reconcile the dissonance between his desire to be heard and his impulse to hide silently in the shadows.
Bill Harrison chronicles his journey from bumbling music student to successful professional bass player in late twentieth-century Chicago. Told with a mixture of wry humor and hard-won insight, Making the Low Notes gives readers an insider’s peek into the prosaic life of a working musician. Harrison describes periods of camaraderie, disappointment, pain, and joy as he toils in venues as divergent as bowling alleys, jazz clubs, recording studios, hotels, orchestra pits, and concert halls. He shares the stage with jazz greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Clark Terry, Bunky Green, and Max Roach. Along the way, the bassist struggles to reconcile the dissonance between his desire to be heard and his impulse to hide silently in the shadows.
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234 pages, Paperback
Published June 6, 2023
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About the author
Bill Harrison
2 books3 followersBill Harrison worked as a professional bassist in Chicago for four decades. He performed with jazz luminaries Clark Terry, James Moody, Bunky Green, Max Roach, Woody Herman’s Thundering Herd, Dizzy Gillespie, and many others. His theatrical credits include Wicked, The Lion King, Always Patsy Cline, The Visit, Bounce, Turn of the Century, and Billy Elliot. Bill’s writing has been published in After Hours, Allium, Counseling Today, The Intermezzo, Performink, The Sandpiper, Sledgehammer, Under the Gum Tree, and elsewhere. He has a private psychotherapy practice in Chicago, where he lives with his poet/therapist wife, Nina Corwin, and a naughty Bengal named Jazzy.
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March 20, 2023
Such an interesting read about a musicians touring career from the start to retirement, easy to read and understand if you’re not a musician (unlike me) highly recommend to the music community and beyond
September 11, 2023
It’s not always easy to follow one’s passion. This is an engaging book of Bill Harrison’s life in music.
It started when he was in eighth grade and had to pick an instrument. Without hesitation, he pointed to the double bass instrument. It was slightly shorter than his height and overwhelming when it had to be transported.
As he became a better player, one of the talented jazz players, Dave Holland told him, “It takes a lot of time and concentrated effort” to learn the bass. He was determined to make this his life goal and follow his passion.
Bill was good. He was asked to join groups for concerts, play in Broadway musicals and teach. He played in a band in Chicago where he talked about the divide between white and black jazz players. In 2010, he said it was getting better but not good enough. “If we don’t incinerate ourselves, and if the country doesn’t tear itself apart at its political seams, perhaps there will come a time when no one is made to feel isolated from the flock of humankind.”
After years of playing, he said “What if I’m aging out of the music business?” He made a difficult decision in his 50s to part ways because of pains in his back and hands and the desire for something new. He decided to return to the university to get a master’s degree in counseling.
While I enjoyed reading about his life, I realized I didn’t know enough to keep up with the name of jazz musicians and bands. However, I was amazed at how much he remembered from a young age. I could see how the bass instrument took him into a world that brightened up other people’s lives. The stories he told were the best part of the book.
It started when he was in eighth grade and had to pick an instrument. Without hesitation, he pointed to the double bass instrument. It was slightly shorter than his height and overwhelming when it had to be transported.
As he became a better player, one of the talented jazz players, Dave Holland told him, “It takes a lot of time and concentrated effort” to learn the bass. He was determined to make this his life goal and follow his passion.
Bill was good. He was asked to join groups for concerts, play in Broadway musicals and teach. He played in a band in Chicago where he talked about the divide between white and black jazz players. In 2010, he said it was getting better but not good enough. “If we don’t incinerate ourselves, and if the country doesn’t tear itself apart at its political seams, perhaps there will come a time when no one is made to feel isolated from the flock of humankind.”
After years of playing, he said “What if I’m aging out of the music business?” He made a difficult decision in his 50s to part ways because of pains in his back and hands and the desire for something new. He decided to return to the university to get a master’s degree in counseling.
While I enjoyed reading about his life, I realized I didn’t know enough to keep up with the name of jazz musicians and bands. However, I was amazed at how much he remembered from a young age. I could see how the bass instrument took him into a world that brightened up other people’s lives. The stories he told were the best part of the book.
May 31, 2023
I received a digital edition of this book courtesy of LibraryThing Early Reviewers in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
This is a memoir by a professional bassist who mainly worked in and around the Chicago area for 40 years. A professional musician is by nature a journeyman, cobbling together several lines of work, and Harrison is no different. He discusses the "four pillars" of his musical career: jobbing, jazz, teaching, and musical theater.
It's obvious that Harrison's love, first and foremost, was jazz. He wanted to be - and became - a professional jazz musician, and his love for this part of his life shines through. He talks about his introduction to jazz, his admiration for musicians (especially bassists), and later his chance to meet and play with some of these heroes. There is a tendency for him to downplay his success, but even as someone who isn't very familiar with the jazz scene, it's clear that he made quite a few inroads, even if he's too modest to claim them.
It was also very interesting to read about the life of a jobbing musician, someone who freelances his way through all types of paying gigs to make ends meet. He's seen the good, the bad, and the ugly, and shares some of the more interesting stories here. Life as a working musician is never dull, that's for sure! The bond with his fellow musicians is also clear and heartfelt. That they became lifelong friends is no surprise.
Obviously a memoir is a personal endeavor, so it feels a bit disingenuous to criticize. The author made the interesting decision to completely cut his personal life out of this book. While that puts the focus on his career, it also leaves a bit of a hole, one that becomes larger as the book goes on and the author details his decision to change careers later in life.
This is a memoir by a professional bassist who mainly worked in and around the Chicago area for 40 years. A professional musician is by nature a journeyman, cobbling together several lines of work, and Harrison is no different. He discusses the "four pillars" of his musical career: jobbing, jazz, teaching, and musical theater.
It's obvious that Harrison's love, first and foremost, was jazz. He wanted to be - and became - a professional jazz musician, and his love for this part of his life shines through. He talks about his introduction to jazz, his admiration for musicians (especially bassists), and later his chance to meet and play with some of these heroes. There is a tendency for him to downplay his success, but even as someone who isn't very familiar with the jazz scene, it's clear that he made quite a few inroads, even if he's too modest to claim them.
It was also very interesting to read about the life of a jobbing musician, someone who freelances his way through all types of paying gigs to make ends meet. He's seen the good, the bad, and the ugly, and shares some of the more interesting stories here. Life as a working musician is never dull, that's for sure! The bond with his fellow musicians is also clear and heartfelt. That they became lifelong friends is no surprise.
Obviously a memoir is a personal endeavor, so it feels a bit disingenuous to criticize. The author made the interesting decision to completely cut his personal life out of this book. While that puts the focus on his career, it also leaves a bit of a hole, one that becomes larger as the book goes on and the author details his decision to change careers later in life.
I also found the format of the book rather disorganized. There is no linear or thematic organization; we jump from one time period to another, backwards and forwards, which confused me at times. That, and the decision to refer to most of the people he works with by first names only, made it hard to keep people straight in my head as I went along. Cutting out his personal life, while certainly understandable, also makes for rather a rather thin theme overall. There is a recurring motif of Superman and Clark Kent - a musician wanting to be in the background and yet longing to be seen. Without knowing more about his personal life or his relationships with the people he talks about, it falls a little flat, for me.
Even with all of those niggles, though, I did enjoy this book. The author has a great voice and a wonderful sense of humor. I've even recommended it to someone already! Just know what you're going in for, and be prepared to look up a lot of people for some extra context.
March 28, 2023
When he was in elementary school in Flushing, New York, in 1967, Bill Harrison wanted to play the accordion because he thought he would be considered one of the cool kids.
When he was in sixth grade in New Jersey, all the students had to take a music class in either vocal, instrumental, or music appreciation. He chose instrumental, but, since the object was to be in an orchestra or band, the accordion did not qualify. His first choice was drums but the band director said they already had too many drummers. He was offered a brass instrument or the bass, which he had never seen before. He chose the bass because he could hide behind it. Once he finally learned how to hold it without one of them falling over and being able to reach all the strings at the right location, his next challenge was getting it into the car to take it home.
Using humor and honesty, Harrison takes us through his evolution from learning about music and the instrument and becoming a player, teacher, leader, and life afterwards. He has either listened to and or worked with great many famous bass players, whose names he drops in abundance.
In BEHIND THE BASS, his quick reading, informative, and entertaining book, he explains the instrument, differences in styles of playing (classical, jazz, musicals), getting jobs, various teachers and teaching styles, types of band leaders, finding the right instrument (they have different sounds), getting it to the venue where it will be played (sometimes long walks, crossing through working kitchens), fitting the selections to the audience, life in the pit, etc. He also discusses the structural racism and sexism within the industry.
My husband is a musician. When he had to pick an instrument and didn’t know which one he wanted, the music teacher looked at his hands and said, “Bass.” As a non-musician, I could relate to many of Harrison’s comments and learned a lot more from many of the others.
I received a copy of this book from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
When he was in sixth grade in New Jersey, all the students had to take a music class in either vocal, instrumental, or music appreciation. He chose instrumental, but, since the object was to be in an orchestra or band, the accordion did not qualify. His first choice was drums but the band director said they already had too many drummers. He was offered a brass instrument or the bass, which he had never seen before. He chose the bass because he could hide behind it. Once he finally learned how to hold it without one of them falling over and being able to reach all the strings at the right location, his next challenge was getting it into the car to take it home.
Using humor and honesty, Harrison takes us through his evolution from learning about music and the instrument and becoming a player, teacher, leader, and life afterwards. He has either listened to and or worked with great many famous bass players, whose names he drops in abundance.
In BEHIND THE BASS, his quick reading, informative, and entertaining book, he explains the instrument, differences in styles of playing (classical, jazz, musicals), getting jobs, various teachers and teaching styles, types of band leaders, finding the right instrument (they have different sounds), getting it to the venue where it will be played (sometimes long walks, crossing through working kitchens), fitting the selections to the audience, life in the pit, etc. He also discusses the structural racism and sexism within the industry.
My husband is a musician. When he had to pick an instrument and didn’t know which one he wanted, the music teacher looked at his hands and said, “Bass.” As a non-musician, I could relate to many of Harrison’s comments and learned a lot more from many of the others.
I received a copy of this book from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
August 21, 2023
-ARC provided by Open Books Press and LibraryThing.-
It seems appropriate and comfortable that Harrison's account weaves through its chronology and cast, sometimes recursively, as if the whole is a jazz performance. We get to experience the evolution of the author as the main theme through the ebb and wash of his recalled experiences in the order he chooses to present them and not necessarily in the order they occurred. Also like a jazz number, this memoir is all about the journey and not the destination; he's even pretty clear that the journey continues if only a different track. When he considers the malleability of memory in the last sequence and that that very feature is an adaptive trait, he tells us that the play continues even if the book winds down. Well played, Mr. Harrison.
Making the Low Notes doesn't relate an earth-shattering story of riches or tragedy or debauchery, so it's not like vicariously living a superstar's (likely ghost-written) path to fame. But Harrison's very prosaic life is so much more accessible and relatable: at the end of the day, he's a damned fine mensch after all. I worked back-of-house at a busy jazz venue through the 1990s and met many performers, observed many shows; while I'm not a musician, I got to see so much like this play out that it's a blast to read the bass player's perspective. I do, however, have a neophyte bassist for a son so I feel no small trepidation on that score now!
It seems appropriate and comfortable that Harrison's account weaves through its chronology and cast, sometimes recursively, as if the whole is a jazz performance. We get to experience the evolution of the author as the main theme through the ebb and wash of his recalled experiences in the order he chooses to present them and not necessarily in the order they occurred. Also like a jazz number, this memoir is all about the journey and not the destination; he's even pretty clear that the journey continues if only a different track. When he considers the malleability of memory in the last sequence and that that very feature is an adaptive trait, he tells us that the play continues even if the book winds down. Well played, Mr. Harrison.
Making the Low Notes doesn't relate an earth-shattering story of riches or tragedy or debauchery, so it's not like vicariously living a superstar's (likely ghost-written) path to fame. But Harrison's very prosaic life is so much more accessible and relatable: at the end of the day, he's a damned fine mensch after all. I worked back-of-house at a busy jazz venue through the 1990s and met many performers, observed many shows; while I'm not a musician, I got to see so much like this play out that it's a blast to read the bass player's perspective. I do, however, have a neophyte bassist for a son so I feel no small trepidation on that score now!
February 16, 2023
I would like to thank Book Sirens for a copy of this book.
I really liked this book - the story of a jobbing musician. This is where the term the"gig economy" came from. Many people, me included, get into corporate jobs where we have good years and not so good years. This is a career where a person has to prove themselves day after day. Bill Harrison is not boastful in the least and just tells his story of falling in love with his double bass and their travels through a career. There are many things that I loved about this book but one is the two skills required - talent and networking which he demonstrates well throughout the story. I am of the same vintage and have been around music all of my life and it was just so cool to read about someone who followed their dream and made a successful career out of it. Thank goodness there are people like this in our world who have the will to endure the ups and downs of a musician's life. Highly recommend.
I really liked this book - the story of a jobbing musician. This is where the term the"gig economy" came from. Many people, me included, get into corporate jobs where we have good years and not so good years. This is a career where a person has to prove themselves day after day. Bill Harrison is not boastful in the least and just tells his story of falling in love with his double bass and their travels through a career. There are many things that I loved about this book but one is the two skills required - talent and networking which he demonstrates well throughout the story. I am of the same vintage and have been around music all of my life and it was just so cool to read about someone who followed their dream and made a successful career out of it. Thank goodness there are people like this in our world who have the will to endure the ups and downs of a musician's life. Highly recommend.
February 12, 2023
I received an ARC of this book for an honest review.
I don’t normally read biographies, however this one sounded interesting and I’m glad I did.
I really enjoyed it, it’s the story of Bill Harrison and his education and life in music as an itinerant Bass player., his trials and tribulations both of the personal and physical.
I’ve never really considered the life of a musician and how they have to ‘hustle’ for jobs especially if they are jobbing musicians rather than the (very) few superstars of either the classical works or other genres of music.
I really found it interesting in Bill’s evolving education and interaction with other musicians. I don’t know much about his favourite jazz music although like many I’m sure, I do know some of the names. I found it gratifying that Bill met some of his heroes and that mostly they were as friendly and welcoming to a jobbing musician as to other virtuosi.
The book is rich in information that any jobbing musician would find of value.
I really enjoyed it and would certainly recommend it.
I don’t normally read biographies, however this one sounded interesting and I’m glad I did.
I really enjoyed it, it’s the story of Bill Harrison and his education and life in music as an itinerant Bass player., his trials and tribulations both of the personal and physical.
I’ve never really considered the life of a musician and how they have to ‘hustle’ for jobs especially if they are jobbing musicians rather than the (very) few superstars of either the classical works or other genres of music.
I really found it interesting in Bill’s evolving education and interaction with other musicians. I don’t know much about his favourite jazz music although like many I’m sure, I do know some of the names. I found it gratifying that Bill met some of his heroes and that mostly they were as friendly and welcoming to a jobbing musician as to other virtuosi.
The book is rich in information that any jobbing musician would find of value.
I really enjoyed it and would certainly recommend it.
October 31, 2023
Summary: A memoir of an accomplished former bass player, from his beginnings of learning to play an upright bass, learning from and studying with other players, playing with jazz greats, and the physical and financial challenges of making it.
It began in sixth grade music, when there were too many drummers and his teacher pointed him toward the upright double bass. First concerts playing “Yankee Doodle.” Listening to virtuosi and what they could do with the instrument. Lessons with Mr. Bruno. A first gig playing at a bowling alley. Music camps. College decisions. From New York to Northwestern. Deciding to focus on the instrument. More jazz gigs and the Chicago music scene. Better instruments. Traveling. Teaching younger players and playing with jazz greats. Performing at Montreux and playing in pit orchestras for stage shows.
All of this is part of Bill Harrison’s memoir of life as a musician, a bass player (especially the upright, but also various electric basses–ya gotta be versatile). He chronicles the peculiar life of a bass player–on stage in the background, laying down the musical foundation along with the percussion for the other players, on the edge of most people’s awareness, except for the other players. It’s a role that fits this somewhat introverted man who later realizes that he has struggled with depression for much of his life.
He describes the magical moments of playing in a jazz quartet where each anticipates the other and the highlights of meeting truly great players like Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, and Max Roach, who praised his playing. He shares the joy of finding a beautiful old instrument with a wonderful sound that just fits him. Harrison also helps us understand that along with playing music one loves at a high level comes the wedding and corporate gigs, theatre jobs that offer a steady income, and giving a lot of lessons.
We also hear of the other side of this life. The challenge of scraping together a living. Fallings out with other musicians. The physical challenges that eventually ended his career. The knife edge between brilliance and disaster in playing in a pit orchestra. The challenge of making a career change in one’s fifties.
I learned a lot about an instrument for which I had little appreciation. His narrative of listening to Miles Davis’ Kinda Blue helped me listen to it with fresh awareness of the extraordinary bass playing that is one part of this great album. His account rang true with the stories of musician friends I’ve known–both the moments that make it all worth it and the challenges of making a living for all but the most elite players. His memoir reminds us that it is not the instrument alone that makes the music but the human being who plays it. More than most, Harrison underscores the physicality of this work as well as the matters of the psyche.
Harrison gives us the romance without romanticizing the life of a musician. It’s a good book for an aspiring musician, offering an honest look at what they are signing up for. And it is a good book for anyone who loves jazz, or music more generally and wants to know more of what goes into playing that huge thing that looks like a giant violin.
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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary review copy of this book from the publisher through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewer Program.
It began in sixth grade music, when there were too many drummers and his teacher pointed him toward the upright double bass. First concerts playing “Yankee Doodle.” Listening to virtuosi and what they could do with the instrument. Lessons with Mr. Bruno. A first gig playing at a bowling alley. Music camps. College decisions. From New York to Northwestern. Deciding to focus on the instrument. More jazz gigs and the Chicago music scene. Better instruments. Traveling. Teaching younger players and playing with jazz greats. Performing at Montreux and playing in pit orchestras for stage shows.
All of this is part of Bill Harrison’s memoir of life as a musician, a bass player (especially the upright, but also various electric basses–ya gotta be versatile). He chronicles the peculiar life of a bass player–on stage in the background, laying down the musical foundation along with the percussion for the other players, on the edge of most people’s awareness, except for the other players. It’s a role that fits this somewhat introverted man who later realizes that he has struggled with depression for much of his life.
He describes the magical moments of playing in a jazz quartet where each anticipates the other and the highlights of meeting truly great players like Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, and Max Roach, who praised his playing. He shares the joy of finding a beautiful old instrument with a wonderful sound that just fits him. Harrison also helps us understand that along with playing music one loves at a high level comes the wedding and corporate gigs, theatre jobs that offer a steady income, and giving a lot of lessons.
We also hear of the other side of this life. The challenge of scraping together a living. Fallings out with other musicians. The physical challenges that eventually ended his career. The knife edge between brilliance and disaster in playing in a pit orchestra. The challenge of making a career change in one’s fifties.
I learned a lot about an instrument for which I had little appreciation. His narrative of listening to Miles Davis’ Kinda Blue helped me listen to it with fresh awareness of the extraordinary bass playing that is one part of this great album. His account rang true with the stories of musician friends I’ve known–both the moments that make it all worth it and the challenges of making a living for all but the most elite players. His memoir reminds us that it is not the instrument alone that makes the music but the human being who plays it. More than most, Harrison underscores the physicality of this work as well as the matters of the psyche.
Harrison gives us the romance without romanticizing the life of a musician. It’s a good book for an aspiring musician, offering an honest look at what they are signing up for. And it is a good book for anyone who loves jazz, or music more generally and wants to know more of what goes into playing that huge thing that looks like a giant violin.
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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary review copy of this book from the publisher through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewer Program.
May 6, 2023
Making the Low Notes is the story of professional bass player Bill Harrison and his over 40-year career in music. This is not the glamorous tell-all you might get from a rock star. This is a story about the hard work it takes for most people to make a career in music, with its extreme ups and downs. Harrison speaks of his efforts to “stitch together a sustainable living” by playing in such varied places as bowling alleys, churches, and Broadway, and it truly is an up-and-down existence. Besides playing in gigs and theatrical productions, he started his own live music company and a business that created play-along tracks for music students. He also personally taught students to play the bass. He even delved into acting.
Besides the financial side of things, Harrison details the physical toll that being a bass player took on his body. But among the high notes are the facts that he also worked with many famous musicians and played in the orchestra for the Broadway musical Wicked.
The many anecdotes about the life of a working musician are interesting to read. This is a more realistic and unglamorous look at a way of life that many have romanticized. Only a small percentage make millions. Only a comparative few have their faces known. It was refreshing to see a different side of it. Making the Low Notes will be released on June 6, 2023.
I received a free copy of this book. My review is voluntary and the opinions expressed are my own.
Besides the financial side of things, Harrison details the physical toll that being a bass player took on his body. But among the high notes are the facts that he also worked with many famous musicians and played in the orchestra for the Broadway musical Wicked.
The many anecdotes about the life of a working musician are interesting to read. This is a more realistic and unglamorous look at a way of life that many have romanticized. Only a small percentage make millions. Only a comparative few have their faces known. It was refreshing to see a different side of it. Making the Low Notes will be released on June 6, 2023.
I received a free copy of this book. My review is voluntary and the opinions expressed are my own.
June 20, 2023
Music is the sound of feelings. Bill’s memoir scores his deepening journey into the sound that carries us all along, in the depth of our embodied selves. It is an everyman tale of such relatable moments, that it stirred me, a non-musician lover of music, deeply and recurrently. His creativity as an improvisational jazz bassist flourishes every difficult step of the way, daunted and determined, fearful and focused, roadblocks and precipices – always improvising a path with an inspiring devotion to his love, the music and the feelings carried along the way. The depth of the responsive sensitivity in his presence to himself and to the other with whom he has empathically attuned makes his transition from musician to counselor so natural. All that’s surprising here, coming from a double bass player, is the articulate clarity in his words. Reading this book is an engaging immersion in a life not necessarily hitting all the right notes, but flowing along as a vital part of the music. And, to paraphrase his final words, that is enough.
Allan Schnarr, M.Div.,PhD.
Allan Schnarr, M.Div.,PhD.
April 17, 2023
What an interesting read!
Bill Harrison is a professional musician, and his memoir covers all the trials and tribulations, the hopes and dreams of what it takes to make a living in music.
Making the Low Notes: A Life in Music should be a must-read for anyone interested in a playing career. Even if you've got absolutely no plans for that, even if you have little interest in music, Making the Low Notes is a great story of growth and perseverance.
I've never been a huge fan of Jazz, Bill's primary "genre." But after reading Making the Low Notes, I started listening to it more--and am thoroughly enjoying exploring it! That's a huge benefit from just reading a memoir. You may not get to that point, and that's OK. If you simply appreciate reading interesting life stories, pick up up a copy, you'll be glad you did.
I *greatly* appreciate the author reaching out to me and providing an ARC of his terrific book.
Highly recommended!
Bill Harrison is a professional musician, and his memoir covers all the trials and tribulations, the hopes and dreams of what it takes to make a living in music.
Making the Low Notes: A Life in Music should be a must-read for anyone interested in a playing career. Even if you've got absolutely no plans for that, even if you have little interest in music, Making the Low Notes is a great story of growth and perseverance.
I've never been a huge fan of Jazz, Bill's primary "genre." But after reading Making the Low Notes, I started listening to it more--and am thoroughly enjoying exploring it! That's a huge benefit from just reading a memoir. You may not get to that point, and that's OK. If you simply appreciate reading interesting life stories, pick up up a copy, you'll be glad you did.
I *greatly* appreciate the author reaching out to me and providing an ARC of his terrific book.
Highly recommended!
June 10, 2023
I started and completed this book in one day. Even though I am not a musician, I could relate to Harrison's passion for his "art" and his doubts along the way. Even for those of us not pursuing creative endeavors, you will find yourself cheering for his success... even when that success comes from retiring from music and deciding to pursue another field of work and passion of his, psychotherapy. I was truly inspired by the journey Harrison took me on, a great, fantastic lyrical ride!
April 2, 2024
Perfect book for anyone who ever wished they had been a professional musician. You haven’t missed anything! You need a god given talent, and it’s a tedious, low paying job with less than zero security. Good to know! Sorry for the mean review. It’s not easy having one’s illusions shattered.
April 7, 2023
I received a ARC free from Book Sirens and this is my voluntary honest review.
Humorous!
Insightful
Interesting!
Easy to read!
Amazing!
Thought provoking!
Don't miss!
Humorous!
Insightful
Interesting!
Easy to read!
Amazing!
Thought provoking!
Don't miss!
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