Modern Blues Harmonica testimonial competition

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Have my blues harmonica instructional videos helped you achieve your dreams? Did I teach you how to make your first bluesy sounds on the instrument? Did I offer you tips and tricks that improved the sounds you were already making? Did I give you the tools needed to get up and play at a jam session, or join a band?

If the answer to any of these questions is Yes!, then I invite you to submit a video testimonial, telling--and showing--the world what you've learned. I invite you to enter the first-ever Modern Blues Harmonica video testimonial competition.

To make things interesting, I'm offering a $100 first prize for the best, most convincing video testimonial. (Payable by PayPal or US cashier's check.) Second and third place videos will get $50 worth of free harmonica lessons from my website, ModernBluesHarmonica.com

I'm more interested, frankly, in testimonials from people who have learned how to play with the help of the for-pay videos and tabs that I offer at Modern Blues Harmonica. But because there are many people who have made extraordinary progress with the help of my free video tutorials on YouTube, this competition is open to those folks as well. You are ALL my students, and I'm delighted that I've helped YOU get more pleasure out of our fantastic instrument.

Here are the complete rules for the video testimonial competition:

1) Videos should ideally be no longer than 30 seconds or so, and shorter than that is fine, but allowable length is up to 60 seconds. (Well, OK: a LITTLE longer than 60 seconds is OK. But not much.)

2) All videos entered in the competition must be posted publicly on YouTube and must be titled simply "Modern Blues Harmonica testimonial".

3) There are no rules or guidelines for the form that your video must take. Talking heads are fine, but voiceovers are fine, too. Samples of your playing--"before" and "after"--are welcome, and some actual on-camera harmonica playing is highly advisable, but it's not absolutely required. Be creative, or not. What counts, finally, is the total effect. I'm looking for a video that will convince somebody to visit my site and choose me as their harmonica teacher.

4) Actually, there's one guideline: please be honest and authentic. Don't make stuff up. And don't oversell like a maniac. I like the Shamwow guy, too, but that's not what I'm looking for.

5) Once you've created and uploaded your video to YouTube, email me (asgussow@aol.com), put "Modern Blues Harmonica testimonial" in the subject line, and include a link to your video in the body of your email. I must receive this email from you, with a link, or you won't be considered to have entered the competition.

6) Deadline for entries is Thursday, March 10. All entries must be received by 12 midnight, Central Standard Time.

7) I will announce the winner on Friday, March 18. The announcement will be made in a dedicated thread on the Modern Blues Harmonica forum. I will also contact the winner and two runners-up by email, and I will pay out the prize money promptly via PayPal or, if the winner prefers, by a US cashier's check in the mail.

8) Although the winner is the only person who will receive a cash prize ($100), the second and third place entries will each receive $50 credit towards any of the digital products I sell at MBH, including audio books and music (i.e., albums).

9) The winning video will not only claim the cash prize, but will be posted prominently on the Modern Blues Harmonica homepage and Beginners page. (Second and third place videos may also be posted in those locations.)

Here's a thread on the Modern Blues Harmonica forum where a few more things are spelled out: