Re: [Harp-L] Garden State Festival

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 17, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Warren Bee wrote:

> SmoJoe is doing his thing in Joisey! Great news. My class will be  
> called
> "Discover the Harmonica" which is geared towards total newbies of the
> diatonic.

Mine is called: "smo-joe tuning..why?" The reason it's not called  
country tuning is because it is used for ALL music. Pop, jazz, doo- 
wop, dance, big band, show tunes. I will be explaining and  
demonstrating. Even though I don't know what I'm doing

> Dennis Gruenling will be on hand to do a blues class and Rob
> Paparozzi will most likely do another class on transitioning from  
> diatonic
> to chomatic. We are looking to make the GSH Festival "ALL HARMONICA
> FRIENDLY". In the past the diatonic has taken a back seat to the  
> chromatic
> and ensemble playing.

Maybe in your neck of the woods, but I use multiple diatonics on  
Wednesday nights and we play a variety of styles. Both instruments  
fit in with a band situation. We are using: B3 organ, piano, drums,  
bass, guitar, sometimes trumpet, saxes, and harmonicas. Occasional  
flute, trombone, and even oboe, penny whistle and clarinette.  lololol

smo-joe

> Val & Phil are blazing a new path for the club to keep
> things alive well into the future! Please use this forum to ask  
> questions
> and share thoughts about what we are doing Nov 18-20 in New Jersey.
> www.gardenstateharmonicaclub.org
>
> WB