Re:[Harp-L] can I blame the gear--please?

[Michael Fugazzi <mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx>]

I often run into the same problem.  I play much better acoustically then I do "amped".  For me it is mostly technique.  My acoustic tone is much more relaxed and open.  My cup is fine with a mic, but my mouth tends to tense up and I pinch notes.  When I cup, my lip is touching the pointer finger of my left hand.  Traditionally, that has been a point of tension.  I tense up and can't keep good embouchre.
   
  However, I've been listening to the slide guitar wizard Derek Trucks lately and trying very hard to emmulate some of his slower work.  This has helped me focus more on my tone then the pitches I am playing.  I also bought a small amp that I can practice with at home so I can work with a mic and "hear" the difference between good tone and bad.
   
  Mike
  www.niterail.com
  www.myspace.com/niterailband
  

mfugazzi67 <mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  --- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, rainbowjimmy@... wrote:

Listened back to some songs we've recorded in the last 5 years. The
harp playing
was slick with lots of cool notes and all that but harsh and
strident. Only a
couple of places met with my approval. Then I heard an acoustic
thing we did.
I like the harp tone a lot. Here's my question.

Did I forget how to play harp after I recorded the acoustic piece?
Do I get to
wound up and play too hard when I play electric. Is there something
inherantly
strident about a 80s green bullet mic into a tweed champ. And
lastly, feeling
like a heretic, since the acoustic piece was played on a Hohner
Blues harp, is
it the Lee Oskars?

Rainbow Jimmy
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Mike Fugazzi
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NiteRail

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