[Harp-L] Re : what to do during the guitar solo

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Gary asked :

Excerpt .

" as i'm starting to play with other people, i could use a little
advice about what to do when i'm not soloing. that is, how
to acompany well. when the guitarist is soloing " 

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Hurricane Sez 

Well Gary my man :

Now that I'm playing a guitar too and remember what to do for guitar players as they are playing , I guess I can offer a tad of advice here .

# 1 :

Asked the guitar man how he likes a back up on his signature song and or others you need to know about ( usually they have at least one where you have got to nail it right or else ... ) other than that , one cardinal rule is always lay back and play less till it's your turn to turn on the after bummer and rip you best chops .

# 2 :

Study the guy first  , sometimes you can see where the :

" empty spots   " and then hit them with your " sweet spots " 

and fatten up a song better than even the guitarist thought possible ( yeah harp men can do that a lot , I doooo's )

# 3 : 

Be aware of stage " prima donnas " and guitar players are notorious for being just that . If you study what the guitar plays ( or keyboard players too for that matter ) and have it down realy good and the crowd loves what you helped " vamp " and make fatter and fuller with fill  , riff's and or just chugging to the snare drummer's  cadense  and after the gig the guitar man says you have to back off , don't be surprised , ignore him mostly if he /she reacts that way but don't show it outwardly , its best to just smile and agree .

Bands come and they go , the secret to a long termed band relation usually resides in the fact or the lack of the fact of maturity , musically and spiritualy . The chemistry is precise but the formula is rare .

Good hunting my man .

Sincerely :

Hurricane Ramón

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