[Harp-L] The looped harmonica band

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

With SPAH doing a reboot of the harmonica band, I thought I'd post a few pieces that illustrate how you can build a harmonica band with a Digitech RP and a looper.  I've put a post on my website at hunterharp.com containing three short looped pieces, all recorded in real time, one layer at a time, on a Digitech JamMan Stereo looper.  The sounds on each piece are courtesy of the Digitech RP360XP, loaded with my patch set, of course.  Here's the URL:

http://www.hunterharp.com/?p=1546

This is a fairly extreme approach to the harmonica band, but not totally unprecedented.  I well remember hearing former SPAH president Norm Dobson's outstanding harmonica trio in 1979.  Norm's chord player ran his instrument through a flanger, an effect that gave the whole trio a glistening, modern sound.  

But that was then, and this is now.  Now you can do every part in the band by yourself.  Fun.

I'm especially happy with the tenor sax sounds I'm getting out of the RP lately, as you can hear in the piece titled "Big Horns" in particular.  

Regards, Richard Hunter

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