Re: [Harp-L] Staring a number "naked"--Leading the band

["jon Gindick" <jongindick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That sounds like a very significient event. Tomcat introduces a new
musical paradigm to young Asian students of music. Congratulations! That's 
huge.
There is a tremendous hunger all over the world from this information that 
we have .

Jon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tomcat Colvin" <bluesasia@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 7:55 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Staring a number "naked"--Leading the band


> This thread is so very important, not only to harp players, but to anyone
> interested in playing the blues.
>
> As it happens, I will be hosting a 2-hour workshop & concert on BLUES
> HISTORY & PERFORMANCE at the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of 
> Music
> this coming Monday.  The audience will mostly be classical oriented
> students.
>
> One of the main points I will be making is the ability of knowledgeable
> blues musicians to put together interesting and spontaneous arrangements
> instantaneously onstage, because of the many musical conventions shared
> among blues players.
>
> In preparing for this workshop, I asked the faculty member in charge if 
> some
> of his students might wish to join us on a song or two.  He asked, "Can 
> you
> give me the arrangements in advance?"  He was rather shocked when I
> suggested that his students had ears and eyes and should be able to cope
> without written charts.  We decided it best NOT to invite any of the
> students on stage to jam with us.  Poor conservatory students -- hope our
> concert can open some eyes.  By the way, the School of Music considers 
> this
> first-time blues presentation a ground-breaking event.  We'll see what
> happens.
>
> Thomas "Tomcat" Colvin
>
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