RE: [Harp-L] Hendrix licks

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The thing I discovered about "playing" like somebody else to not play
note for note. To me that's a fruitless endeavor. Paint your playing
like a cartoon artist.  Hit the points or riffs that are most
relevent and most importantly channel the energy of the artist you
are trying to emulate...

Jimi is basically a Buddy Guy impersonator.  Listen to Buddy and give
it flair.  You will sound like Jimi.

Wanna sound like me? Listen to Rosco and Michael Peloquin, add
insecurity, bravado and stubborness and you'll sound just like me.

Wanna sound like Howard Levy?  Here's the big secret that none of his
followers have figured out as far as I can tell.... Study Oscar
Peterson add fear of [filter]




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>From: dmf273@xxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Hendrix licks
>Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:00:29 -0700 (PDT)
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>>John Popper (heh-heh) often cites Hendrix as his main influence on
>harmonica.  Now personally I
>>don't hear it.  But recently I have been learning to play some
>Hendrix licks on my XB-Melody.  
>>Jimi does a tune called "Easy Blues" which is basically the vamp
>from Killer Joe.   It's a killer
>>alright, as Jimi just burns up the pentatonic scales.    Of course
>there's infinitely more to
>>Jimi's playing than just scales, but there's still a whole lot to be
>learned from the way he
>>approaches them.   And it's such a stone gas to actually be able to
>approximate some of his licks
>>on the XB-Melody and hear his stuff coming out of my own mouth!   I
>know more than few guitar
>>players who spend their whole lives apeing Jimi, and now I know why!
> It feels so good!  
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Chris Michalek

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