RE: [Harp-L] Standing around feeling stupid, average or pro

["Bradford Trainham" <bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And...
Not to "stalk" our way into every song...  But think again about what the
horns do in My Girl. 
You !!might!! Have possibility of emulating those little tripplets (Wow!
What's the correct way to spell that?) between the vocal lines beginning
with the second verse.
The song would be tough because of the modulation in the last verse, but...
Don't we like chalenges?
Brad Trainham
 

-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of John F. Potts
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:13 PM
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Subject: [Harp-L] Standing around feeling stupid, average or pro

  I can fit harp to all sorts of tunes that don't have harp on the original,
but there are some tunes that don't require harp and just won't sound good
with harp. Harmonica, like (for example) sax, doesn't necessarily fit with
all material.  And even playing on certain material where harp does fit, I
will sometimes lay out more than i play, depending on the particular tune,
because it's important to let the music breath. But on some tunes it's more
important not to play at all.

I played News Years Eve with a blues band that i sound good playing  
with and which, quite frankly,  sounds good playing with me. Anyway,   
for reasons i have never understood, the singer likes to do the 60's R&B
ballad, "My Girl"' at some point during each show.  I'm not a regular member
of them band but I've played with them often enough to know what they do.
What do i do when the band plays "My Girl"?  I leave the stage -- go sit
down, get a drink, talk to friends, admire the singers' red sequin jacket,
or whatever.  Then i go back up for the next tune, which is the professional
thing to do.  Don't force feed the music.

JP
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