Re: recordings

[Scott Albert Johnson <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

HR: Thanks so much for your kind comments... and
thanks to all of you who took the time to listen and
respond.  I really appreciate it, and I hope more harp
players who have recordings will submit them to this
list.  I have a couple of songs on "THE DISC" and am
looking forward to hearing everyone's stuff.

To answer your questions... I have basically been
playing the harmonica seriously for about four years,
although I messed around with it here and there for
years before that.  When I picked it up four years
ago, I knew how to blow a major scale and could bend a
little bit, but had no idea about cross harp, TB vs.
pucker or positions or any of that.  I was a bass
player in high school and college and have been a
singer since I was about 12 (in bands, choirs, a
cappella groups etc.).

I played stock Special 20s on all of these, except
that on "Ain't No Sunshine" I alternated between a C
Special 20 in fourth position and a Chinese CX-12
chromatic clone (also C in 4th position).  Sunshine
amd Magnolia were recorded into a tube vocal mic, some
kind of preamp, and into the board... Mojo and Turn
Out Fine were recorded with an SM-57 through a Fender
Pro Junior... TOF had the amp miced with a basic
instrument mic, and on Mojo we used that tube vocal
mic to mic the amp.   Kind of an experiment, which
worked I think.  I played bass on Magnolia Road... the
names of the other musicians and the studio can be
seen on:

http://scottalbertjohnson.com/sounds.htm

I live in Jackson Mississippi, where I mostly grew
up... I left for college in 1988 and lived all over
the northeast (NYC, Boston, DC twice, Connecticut),
Ohio, san Diego and L.A.  Finally came back to Jackson
about a year ago.  It is a great place for music...
just seems to drip out of the air.  I play mostly in
this general area (between New Orleans and Memphis)
but am hoping to start doing some touring in the fall.
 I gigged a lot in DC between 2000 and 2003.

Thanks again and keep rockin'...
Scott



HR wrote:

Date: Fri,  9 Apr 2004 14:51:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: "" <party_man1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re : Recordings

Hello Scott :

Besides the super quality in the actual recording
process of these tunes , your performance was really
nice, a real piece of work ya did .  I liked the fact
that you did it your way and showed your individual 
style on both your originals and the cover tunes . How
long have you been at on the harp ? . Your command of
this litte thing called a harp shows 
your no novice at all :) 

What did you use for the recording process ? What
harptype(s)/brand(s) were chosen , mic set up ,
etcetera ... And do you or did you play any 
other instrumets on these recording ? Thank you for
sharing them for all of us to enjoy because I dug em a
whole lot :)

One more question , where do you live and perform your
stuff ? 

I think many in this forum would like to catch your
act if they are close to you area .


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