Re: [Harp-L] Blues in the Night -- singer with harps

["Tom Albanese" <reedwrecker@xxxxxxxxx>]

I hear what you're saying Bill, and yet if you read the comments that are
posted with that youtube video it seems that for the most part, folks think
that the harp playing on this tune was great. It just goes to show that
what many of us on harp-l hear in a harmonica performance and what the
general public hears can be two different things entirely.

I think we set a much higher standard for what we strive for in our playing
and what we listen for in other's playing than the average music fan seems
to be tuned in to. That's not a criticism of anyone's listening skills, just
an observation.

tom albanese

http://www.myspace.com/bigrealdeal


On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 6:38 AM, Bill Hines <billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  It's the classic scenario where someone in the band who is probably
> world-class on one instrument and plays "a little" harp gets to stand up in
> front of the huge audiences that an act like that draws and perpetuate the
> ill conceived notion of what our instrument sounds like.
>
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