[Harp-L] Re: Why use an effects pedal

[RUSSEGR9@xxxxxx]

Nothing will make mediocre music anything but mediocre music.  Having said 
this the (IMO) greatest conjunto accordionist, Steve Jorden, comparable to LW 
and Toots and all the rest was probably the only conjunto player i know that 
experimented with effects and he is just awesome.  All effects are just a way to 
change the sound of the instrument.  The amp you choose is your first effect 
(and many amps have effects built into them (low mid high, master volume, gain, 
vibrato, reverb etc) , the mike your second and the speakers are your third. 
So unless you are playing acousitic harmonica you are using effects- and if 
you are amplifying your acoustic sound you are using these effects to replicate 
that sound. 

So if you amplify your harmonica , i think the bottom line is not whether you 
choose to use effects or not, you already are,  but how well you play, what 
effects you choose to use to create your sound, and bottom line is this the 
sound you want.
Russ




> 
> I believe less is more. I've heard musicians pull out all kinds of effects,
> and it becomes a big circus show focusing on what neat-o sounds they can get
> through a myriad of effects rather than the music itself.
> 
> Ray.