[Harp-L] music/artist awareness

[icemanle@xxxxxxx]

Harp-l has turned me on to artists that have proven amazing - some of them not harmonica players. Eva Cassidy was an artist I discovered through postings on the "L".

I just found out about a Dutch band "Within Temptation" - categorized as Heavy Metal Rock, they are actually Symphonic Rock. I watched and was hypnotized by a two hour concert video "Black Symphony" - band in front of a full fledged orchestra w/choir. Aside from the ultra clean mix and sound and the superior light show, I found this group to be of that frightening level of professionalism with a lead female vocalist who sings fearlessly and with such amazing getting the maximum from the minimum that she makes it look effortless.

This is no verse, chorus, verse, two choruses and out pop FM music. It is a little challenging, as a good classical symphony is. European audiences are much more up to the task than American ones, having had a steady diet of Gentle Giant, the original Genesis, Focus, King Crimson, etc.

Highly recommended.

The Iceman