Re: [Harp-L] Are we a more musically educated community?

["Suave Blues Man" <res6k2zt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brother Manfred,

    It's about the joy of playing. "Could be" a lead player but I always 
saw myself in a supporting role, i.e. rhythm guitarist, backup musician, a 
really good pilot for someone else's operation and performed well in all of 
them.

    It should be an honor to be seen as a good supporting musician, ball 
team player et al. Too much braggadocio and not enough support.

    It'll happen for chord and bass. I'd like to pursue the context of 
chord being a lead instrument! All those notes using a lead-like technique. 
It could only be phenomenal! (Kind of like an accordion orchestra - 
EVERYBODY can be a lead, bass or chord!)

    Synergy happens when ALL the parts are giving their combined and 
cooperative best.

Be Blues...And Jazz,

Suave Blues Man

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MANFRED WEWERS" <mwewers@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:49 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] Are we a more musically educated community?


Right now with the changing age demographics in the harmonica world, there 
should be plenty of chord and bass harmonicas around, at a good price. I 
bought a brand new one for $500.00 at SPAH. Also the SPAH store has lots of 
used ones. I don't think it's cost; it's attitude.

Everybody wants to be a lead player. Unlike the diatonic, the chord 
harmonica has made few inroads into the other musical genres, after all 
they're for trios. How many chord players do you see at the blues and jazz 
jams? Maybe if a Levy, Filisko or Bonfiglio started playing them...?

Manfred from cold Toronto