Re: [Harp-L] Dressing like a musician



I like to make the music speak for itself.  I can't play the way I normally do if I'm wear a zoot suit, alligator shoes, hat and glasses. Then again the music I play has cool built in so I don't need fake out the audience by dressing that way. LOL



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Harvey [mailto:rickharvey62@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 02:13 PM
>To: chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Dressing like a musician
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>Comfortable is one thing - cool is another.
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>Some people feel comfortable dressing cool. Even in the Texas heat.
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>Stevie Ray was cool. Even when he was poor he would show up cool.
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>His brother Jimmy is always cool.
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>Lazy Lester always dresses cool.
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>Pinetop comes to play cool.
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>Jimi Lee shows up cool all the time.
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>Ray Davies sat in the other day - cooool.
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>James Cotton?  Mostly casual these days...
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>Nick and Ronnie from the T-Birds are always dressed very cool when they come 
>down to play with us...Kim Wilson and Gary Primach come mostly casual.
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>We could drop names all day long, but when the rubber hits the road - cool 
>opens doors for those of us NON-ELITE musicians, while casual is good for 
>what? suprising someone?
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>Rick Harvey
>The Texcellorators
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>>From: "Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: icemanle@xxxxxxx, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: Re:  [Harp-L] Dressing like a musician
>>Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:30:29 +0000
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>>all I care about is being comfortable when I play and I think this is 
>>mostly true among the elite musicians as well.  Bela Fleck, Bobbie 
>>McFerrin, Clapton wears jeans.  There was a time I was sitting in with a 
>>band when Prince came to sit in. He was wearing jeans and a tank top. I saw 
>>chick corea a year ago and he was wearing jeans and wrinkled cotton shirt. 
>>I saw the Yellow Jackets too and they all had jeans on. I think it's mostly 
>>about being comfortable of course this is within a certain genre of music.
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>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: icemanle@xxxxxxx [mailto:icemanle@xxxxxxx]
>> >Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:33 AM
>> >To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>> >Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Dressing like a musician
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>> >I used to do a similar thing for fun - when traveling out of town, I'd 
>>find a jam session, show up in a sport coat and tie, looking conservative, 
>>sign up, get called up to play harmonica and then TEAR IT UP.
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>> >It was always fun to see how important first impressions and clothes are 
>>in unknown situations and how human beings subconsciously (or consciously) 
>>place you in a certain catagory.
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>> >We are a small group of musicians who sometimes forget that the larger 
>>group is 'Not Musicians'. The 'Not Musicians' don't listen with the same 
>>ears we do, have different values and make judgements based on different 
>>input than Musicians. The 'Not Musicians' make up the bulk of the public 
>>that buy cd's, attend concerts and supply the lubrication that makes the 
>>music business wheels turn ($$$$).
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>> >It behooves us smarter musicians to understand their mindsets if we are 
>>looking towards a career in music performance.
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>> >The Iceman
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>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: bcohen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>> >Sent: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:53 PM
>> >Subject: [Harp-L] Dressing like a musician
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>> >As part of someone's advice on how to sit it with other musicians, the 
>>comment was made that one needed to "dress like a musician" to assist with 
>>the overall credibility of your request. This got me wondering? Especially 
>>because it often happens that before people hear me play they don't think 
>>I'm capable of authentic blues.
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>> >Just last month, I was at a jam session at Chan's in Rhode Island. I 
>>sing/front and blow harp. One of guys who played on my set was a regular 
>>from The Cadillac Horns, a well respected horn-centric roots band who said 
>>with genuine awe and affection, "When first looked at you, man. I thought 
>>you were an accountant or something. But man you got the blues." I laughed 
>>it off by saying how much I enjoy surprising people, which is true, but 
>>this isn't the first time I've heard that comment.
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>> >So first and foremost, how DOES one dress like a musician? It seems very 
>>disingenuous for me run out and buy a shark skin suit, snake skin shoes and 
>>slick back what's left of my hair. I'm even less likely to festoon my body 
>>with tattoos. And well, truth to tell, I've got enough trouble being my 
>>genuine self to work up an alter-ego complete with a cool blues nickname.
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>> >And beyond the specific question, it's very puzzling to me how the 
>>non-technical aspects of our performances really do affect how we're 
>>perceived and ultimately our success.
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>> >Bob Cohen
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