Re: Harmonica that ruins a song.

[Nicolas Fouquet <bbhcfr@xxxxxxxx>]

I also agree! I did not say that I like Dylan. Personnaly, I hate to hear "Ho you play harmonica? Play us song!! Blowin' the wind!! Go on!!".
 
I find that a bit frustrating, sure, but I also find the opportunity to share music, knowledge and feeling with these people. So, I have a good laugh, I play Blowin' the Wind, and straight after I play a good harp solo that blast everybody's mind away!
 
Anyway, if we want to put only good technicians as embassador, we gonna lock the harmonica into a getto!
By the way, what is a good technician? Is it a guy who can play 100000 notes per seconds, overbends, bends, octave playing, puckering, driving planes, world wide westler champion...
Or is it somebody who manage to share a great feeling with the audiance while he is playing. Personnaly, I found easier to overbend and play chromatically on diatonic harp than managing to share my feelings and emotions...
 
 
Froggy

Steve Shaw <moorcot@xxxxxxx> wrote:


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> Dylan and Young are among the greatest harmonica players ever!

I strongly disagree. When I say that I play harmonica, people assume that I 
sound like a Dylan or a Young.

As a result, people assume I know no music theory. People assume I am a 
sub-standard musician. People talk to me like I am an idiot.


> Though they were not amazing technicians, they have done quite
> much more than any harmonica player for the harmonica.

As alluded to above, they have done more to belittle the instrument in the 
eyes of the public.

I have nothing personal against Dylan or Young. They are wonderful song 
writers, musicians, performers, and businessmen.

However, they have done nothing to further the legitmacy of the harmonica as 
a musical instrument--not a toy.

Will>>>>>>>

I am with Will absolutely 100% on this. Ambassadors for the harmonica need 
to be consummate players. Anything else merely gives the rest of us more of 
an uphill struggle in getting the instrument taken more seriously.

Steve



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