Re: [Harp-L] 'Summertime' - playing with 'feel' rather

[Mike Fugazzi <mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx>]

My reply is to the whole list and not anyone in particular.  

IMO, context is always important too.  Why are you playing the song?  Who is the audience?  Do you care what they think?  We all hear things different and although we can agree or disagree on what we like or dislike, it is rare to be in agreement on why.  There's pretty much a time and place for anything.  

I find it very hard to "dislike" anything I hear from the list in regards to music.  I try very hard not to judge, but to just listen.  I may be able to infer a lot of things about what's going on, but that takes some of the fun out of it.  I always play with soul.  ALWAYS.  How you react to it or interpret it is up to you.  My definition of soul will differ from some, but as long as the music is honest, I can usually get into it.

The only turn off for me (IMO, wanking is ok) is when someone goes through the motions.  

 Mike Fugazzi
Vocals/Harmonica
"The Mike Fugazzi Band"
http://www.myspace.com/mikefugazzi
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikefugazzi


"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



----- Original Message ----
From: mfugazzi67 <mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx>
To: mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:44:43 AM
Subject: Fwd:  Re: [Harp-L] 'Summertime' - playing with 'feel' rather

--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, IcemanLE@... wrote:

nope - I said that "Personally, I believe that Howard plays to  keep
himself
interested and has evolved so dramatically that he is almost  no
longer of
this earth. "

It is not a deadly serious criticism, but a lighthearted way to mention
Howard's evolvement. I try not to put smiley faces at the end of
sentences to
hammer that point home.

Curiously, when Howard played w/trio globo or a scaled down group that
was
more relaxed, he sounded great to my ears. When he gets stratospheric
with some
of his own creations, they overwhelm me. Believe me, I understand
what he is
playing. I get it. I've seen him numerous times. He does lose a lot
of the
audience at times, from my experience, when he goes over the top. Not
EVERYONE,  mind you.

Similar to Richard's Opera comparison. I get Opera, but fall asleep
during
the performances. A lot of others in the audience nod off, too. I've
seen  it.

I don't fall asleep during a high energy Howard show, just get a bit
overwhelmed and my ears shut down from the sheer barrage and techno
firework
displays after about 20 minutes. Same happens to me during a Jason Ricci
performance. Testosterone driven as they may be, when I was a young
dude full of  that
stuff, I liked it. Older mature Iceman has evolved past testosterone
driven  and
into what I feel to be more depth - less notes with more spaces
telling a
deeper story for me. Love Miles' solos, take Coltrane solos with a
grain of
salt. I wanna play like Miles. Not interested in going the Coltrane route.


In a message dated 10/21/2008 1:16:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
turtlehill@... writes:

But  saying that someone's music is "no longer of this earth" because you
don't get  it

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