Subject: [Harp-L] Pass the Test of Time /(Chris "Hammer" Smith)

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Fabulous song...and shows just how "hip", jazzy, bluesy and modern a  
chromatic can sound in the right hands (or mouth, rather) ;)
 
Sounds like a 16-hole to me...could be a Hering because of the  
crispness..but there is also a sweetness of tone...so still could be one of  the Hohner 
280's, Super 64's, Super 64x or something else customized just for  Chris 
(Fernando would know a lot more than me about that :)   ....but  he has wonderful 
throat/diaphragmal  (?) vibrato...(proving that one  CAN do it).  He clearly 
plays with passion and puts tons of emotion into  his playing...MY prerequisite 
for enjoying a chromatic player.  It IS  tremendous...you're right.  Lots of 
people can play technically well but  their music sounds mechanical and flat to 
my ears.... being able to infuse  emotion into one's playing is something 
ineffable (imho).
 
Many thanks Sergei, for pointing us to this song...it's wonderful, and the  
guitar work on this piece is beautiful as well.  I hadn't been to Chris'  site 
in a long while...I'll make sure to pay a LOT more attention, now. He's  
astonishingly good, and can sure rock out with his band.
 
Elizabeth
 
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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:40:08 -0000
From: Sergei  <svolkov@xxxxxxxxx>
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The tone on Chris "Hammer" Smith's Pass  the Test of Time, on his
MySpace
page (  http://myspace.com/chrishammersmith ) is tremendous. Is that  a
regular
chromatic or a custom  instrument?

Sergei



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Message:  16
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:40:05 +0200
From: "Fernando Bresslau"  <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Pass the Test of  Time
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Great song, thanks for the  headsup!

It is probably a common chromatic harmonica. Might be  customized, but the
tone will mostly come from Chris himself, not from any  technical
modifications.

Cheers,
Fernando

On 6/18/07, Sergei  <svolkov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The tone on Chris "Hammer"  Smith's Pass the Test of Time, on his
> MySpace
> page (  http://myspace.com/chrishammersmith ) is tremendous. Is that a
>  regular
> chromatic or a custom instrument?
>
>  Sergei"




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