[Harp-L] New harmonica tracks

[Richard Hammersley <rhhammersley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear colleagues in harmonicology

My condolences for the loss of Pat Ramsey and the hurt it has caused.

I've just recorded and put up 4 new improvised solo harmonica tracks  
at the following address

http://www.last.fm/music/Richard+Hammersley/Solo+Harp

I would appreciate any feedback about technique because having been on  
this list six months I think the approach I have developed is  
asethetically deviant in that I seem to be seeking a sound that is  
different from what a lot of people want to hear on the harmonica.    
So I can't tell whether the end result is good in harmonica playing  
terms or not. This is kind of a weird feeling, because BEFORE I  
subscribed to harp-l I thought, all innocent of overblows etc, that I  
was pretty good if too bone idle to learn a tune all the way through.

Harmonicas used were Suzuki MR350v, Hohner XB40 and a Hering 1923  
vintage harp. These are all harps that I find so amazing in their own  
ways to play that I don't (yet) feel the need for customized  
instruments. I grew up on frankly weak Hohner echo super vampers, if  
you could grind a tone out of them (even after soaking them in beer)  
you were doing well.

Global love and peace

Richard

Richard Hammersley
Grantshouse, Scottish Borders
http://www.last.fm/music/Richard+Hammersley
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