RE: [Harp-L] harp-l as a stage to exploit talent/no BS allowed

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's already a place for this kind of thing

http://www.bluesharp.org

In fact, I just uploaded a backing track for those that may be
interested.  It's in the jazz section.  Jam out friends.

Thanks to Rick Beal for doing such a fine job.


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>---- Original Message ----
>From: Franze52@xxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] harp-l as a stage to exploit talent/no BS
>allowed
>Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:38:02 -0400
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>>To whos ever brain this may concern, let the picking begin? 
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>>How  about this ideal?  Each month a different style of music (
>rock, blues, jazz, country, funk, jigs/reels, classical ,swing, new
>age, - etc.) of a  3 minute backing track song  would be featured for
>the entire month to improvise with and solo over!  One way to do this
>would be as a "free for all" You decide how you would like to present
>your rendition of it to the harp-l forum...It's entirely your choice
>- use any type of harp, any positon, any effects etc.  
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>>Another way would be to make it more of a dicipline.  In other
>words, there would be certain rules imposed that each person who
>entered must follow, and 
>>of course the backing track to be used would have to be inviting or
>should I say user friendly to the musicians improvisational
>oppurtunity...For example, you could feature a backing track where
>3rd position chromatic harp playing would shine, or 1'st or 2'nd
>pos...Or a backing track that was just begging for some simple but
>tastey pentitonic work, and the rules would be that you could not
>stray from using pentatonic grooves and melodys, and maybe add that
>it has to be played acousticly.
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>>Another month could feature a track that was solely designed to be
>used exclusively for players who would like to show case there hard
>work and skills of the altered tuned XB's...The next month would
>feature a backing track that would be used only for playing fifth
>position improvisations...The next devoted entirely to a track were
>to enter the compitition your soloing must be comprised completely
>out of over blows and over draws! The next month a backing track that
>only octaves are allowed to be used to construct your master
>piece...The following month the solo must be improvised and played
>only with a single note tongue block for left side playing for
>anything from 6 blow down, anything higher your allowed to use right
>side block, and any bends must be executed with in a tongue block.
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>>So, as you can see the skies the limit.  I'm sure some one can
>expand on this and hopefully use it for the betterment of mankind,
>BEWARE, do not use it for evil intent or you will be prosecuted to
>the fullest extent of Harp-l forum law!!!
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>>Frank
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Chris Michalek
Avenger of the Downtrodden