Have to agree with Rick and John
When Randy first posted the link i had a look and thought Gawd this is awful......no tone,a million mindless notes a minute and as Rick (the aussie one) said
'noodlin'
Personally this stuff could put one off Harmonica.
To paraphrase some famous classical musician(talking about Hendrix)) "I wish i could play like that ,then i never would"
Meaning I guess that you have to admire the sheer technical ability and musical knowledge that Shtreiml displays but to what end?
But of course each,as always.to their own,the blues gave birth to Jazz, but somewhere along the line the connection has been broken and endless repetitive scales ,modes etc seem to have replaced the soul aspect of music.
But the worst thing,(imho) lousy tone.........that was campfire harmonica on steroids.
Rick
in NZ
----- Original Message ----- From: "John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 5:36 PM Subject: [Harp-L] YouTube - AFTER YOU'VE GONE-- shtreiml
I don't have enough musical knowledge to qualify me to assess proficiency with jazz changes, but i do know a little about groove--- and however proficiently this player gets around on the harmonica, overblows and all, the notes he is playing have absolutely no relationship to the groove, beat or meter. His note selection may be very sophisticated, BUT he is playing those notes without any consistent relationship to the beat. He is not putting notes on (or off) the beats or anywhere in any sort of variation in relationship to the beat. There is no meter or syncopation . He is not maintaining any sort of groove which is why Rick says this sounds like doodling to him.
Listen to Diana Krall sing. Much of her material is in the style of jazz standards, with no back beat. But her placement of the notes she sings on or in relation to the beat is mesmerizing. None of that sort of note placement going on here. The note selection may be sophisticated and he playing technique highly proficient, but there is a total disregard for meter and groove.
Randy may be right, but Rick isn't wrong.
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