RE: [Harp-L] Mass "Gussing" or normal jamming?

[Jim Fitting <jfitting@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have long abhorred this type of "jamming" myself, but I am probably what you would consider a harmonica curmudgeon. I even wrote and recorded a song about it a few years ago with my band The Coots called "Harmonica Joe". 
JIM

> From: bkumpe@xxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:07:42 -0600
> Subject: [Harp-L] Mass "Gussing" or normal jamming?
> 
> I have attended some informal jams where one harp player will be playing and
> suddenly there are several playing all at once.  I understand and appreciate
> the beauty and rhythm of a couple of harp players playing against each
> other, one doing melody and another rhythm or counterpoint, but darn, this
> sounded to me like a bunch of cats in a bag trying to get out.  Pretty soon,
> I couldn't separate out the notes and was confused myself.  Is this a normal
> form of harp jamming?  These guys seem to enjoy it but I don't get it.  Is
> there something wrong with my hearing (and I do admit that I have hearing
> problems) that I can't make sense out of three or four other harps going at
> once?
> 
>  
> 
> Bill Kumpe
> 
> Tulsa, OK
> 
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