[Harp-L] Re: Sorry harp

[Michael Easton <diachrome@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nick,
I see what you are trying to say but do you see the irony in your posts.

Guys like you won't want to listen to guys like you because you are a  
white guy trying to play black when all you really should be doing is  
playing
from the heart.  Your own.  You are at the age where you still want to  
emulate others.  As the years creep in you'll soon be discovering your  
own voice, your own style
and bring a little whatever you learned along the way into the mix.   
Then it will be your sound.  not black or white, just you.

People will recognize your sound by just one or two notes. SBW, LW,  
Butterfield, Sonny Terry, Cotton, Clarke all have a sound that is easy  
to id with just one note or phrase.

I think what you are trying to say is you prefer to go to the root or  
first generation players (black players) to learn your style rather  
then those that came later (white players).  That is good. Most of us  
that are blues players went that route.  I think the more you move  
away from the root while developing your own style the farther you  
move from the style you want to play.   It's happened in jazz and  
country.  Younger players are listening less to the root players to  
get their foundation and more toward the 2nd 3rd and 4th generation  
for influence.   Call it progression call it garbage.


On Jul 4, 2009, at 12:16 AM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:52:07 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Nicholas Lovett <lovett.nicholas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Sorry harp l(a non apology from a serious student)
> To: Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
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> Sorry,
> <snip>....  Yall can keep overblowing hemmin and hawin, etc but  
> sorry, I'm trying to sound black as soon as possible!
>
> That's my apology!  And if anyone wants to swap notes, talk to me  
> off list, I'm not drunk enough tonight to take this seriously.

Michael Easton
www.harmonicarepair.com