RE: [Harp-L] Why use a delay pedal?

["Robert Gaustad" <robertgaustad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, that whole post was extremely informative to me and you put it all
into perspective.  I'm about to pass into a whole new realm with respect to
my playing thanks to information from you and other people on harp-l.
Thanks very much.

So my big mistake since first starting on this list about five years ago is
not listening to enough music from list members.  I used to jam a bit with
the very nice and increasingly excellent player Michael Polesky, before I
moved up to San Rafael, CA, and listened fairly often to the great Bassharp
himself, Danny Wilson. But I've never taken the time to download, purchase,
or listen to music from some of the other great players on this list.
That's all changing immediately.

I just listened to a few cuts on your site, Richard, starting with "How Long
Have I Loved You".  Well, from the first few notes of "How Long..." I was
sitting back in my chair smiling.  Simply beautiful and awesome playing.

So I'm going to start buying CDs from list members.  I just started with
Jason Ricci the other day and now that I've heard some Richard Hunter, he's
next.  And on and on...

Robert G.

PS - I haven't been able to find "Minor Kill" yet, but I want to hear it.

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Hunter
> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 8:00 AM
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> Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Why use a delay pedal?
> 
 
> The first thing to keep in mind is that delay, like reverb, 
> is about reflections of sound.  In nature we hear a "delay" 
> when a sound leaves us, bounces back from somewhere else, and 
> then returns.  The farther away the surface that reflects the 
> original sound, the longer the delay until we hear the 
> reflection.  So the psychological effect of a delay is to 
> define the physical space around a sound. 
>