[Harp-L] Re: was pop and creativity



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"1.  The harp will probably never be a popular
mainstream insturment.  "

Most likely true--though let's not forget that the harmonica is an
instrument with great popularity amongst the general public--they
have fond memories of it and fond associations.  But they also like
it in small doses, it seems.


............um, i gotta disagree with this negative downplaying of the popularity of harp in current day instrumentalism, just ain't true--........LOTS of harp in country music.........when i watch cable t.v. or watch a movie...LOTS of harp on cartoons, commercials, soundtracks, all the time, listen to FM radio , XM radio, harp on pop, ( no not hop on pop, that's a classic of western literature), harp on jazz stations, rock and roll songs quite often, of course blues and blues rock, folk, alt etc....keep your ears open, harp music is employed widely all the time!! why? because it sounds damn cool ( when done right). the harmonica is TOTALLY a mainstream instrument, it is everywhere in the mainsteam media...it is highly prevalent in all kinds of present day audio applications. and by the way, factory, commercially available, out of the box harmonicas are getting exponentially better by leaps and bounds all of a sudden so one can naturally expect to hear even more and better harp music coming out of them as young, naturally musically talented adults out there start sticking them in their mouths and letting 'er rip with great sounds....i predict great things in rock and roll harmonica playing for example . the golden age of amplified rock and roll take the world by storm harp players is yet to be but coming soon . stay tuned.


cletus






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