Re: [Harp-L] creativity

[Mike Fugazzi <mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think more or our heroes...the true originals...whether it be blues or not took the line of thinking that Chris and Ice do.  Yes some of them did imitate to a degree, but it was the spiritual connection they had with the music that made them great.  They mastered the old and let it evolve into the new.  For example, take Jason Ricci.
   
  Far too many players never get beyond copy/paste.  They never create anything new because they are focused on recreating something that already existed.  They think about the music instead of playing it.  They limit themselves by constantly playing in the past and accepting the musical limits imposed by themselves or their genre.
   
  All great players find that zone where they don't have to think, they just do.  Personally, I enjoy that level of mastery when the mastered material is fresh or forward thinking.  Finding that zone will make even the most cliched things sound great, and traditional players have just as much a right to that zone as anybody else.  I think even the most naive music listener can hear the difference between a player in and out of the zone.  
   
  Although I don't feel the need to feed his ego, I've heard Chris many times.  I saw him trade solos with David Barrett.  The 25 hardcore blues harp fans there totally ate up everything Chris played.  Believe me, he let the song take him into playing a blues style (in several keys of course), and he made some old blues licks sound very new.  It wasn't what he was playing that was wowing the crowd...it was all in how he played it.  Jason Ricci, Kim Wilson, and Rod Piazza all have the same notes at their disposale that we all do.  It is all in the delivery...even more so its in where the delivery takes place.
   
  I can't see being spiritual and creative by a copy/paste approach or in pre-planning solos (which is very different then arranged parts).
   
  Mike

  --- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Chris Michalek" 
wrote:

he tries to teach the way I do...

Let the music come in through the person's connection to the spirit
world rather than from within. Have big ears and develope pathways
to increase your musical connection. You create pathways by
listening to other forms of music and working at finding all of the
sounds and shapes available on your instrument.



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Rubin [mailto:rubinmichael@...]
>Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 01:30 PM
>To: 'd d d'
>Subject: [Harp-L] creativity
>
>Iceman, you have often talked about your new teaching style which
allows beginners to solo from a creative true space. I recognize
that teaching is partly how you earn your income, so if you do not
want to share this information without payment, I respect that.
However, after multiple emails from you and no information as to
what you instruct your students, I am very curious. What do you
tell your students? What are the elements of your philosophy?
> Thanks,
> Michael Rubin
> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
>_______________________________________________
>Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org
>Harp-L@...
>http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l
>



_______________________________________________
Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org
Harp-L@...
http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l

--- End forwarded message ---





Mike Fugazzi
http://www.myspace.com/mikefugazzi
http://www.niterail.com

"Music should be healing; music should uplift the soul; music should inspire. There is no better way of getting closer to God, of rising higher towards the spirit, of attaining spiritual perfection than music, if only it is rightly understood."
-Hazrat Inayat Khan
 
---------------------------------
Be a PS3 game guru.
Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games.