[Harp-L] Re: Harp-L] Climb Jacob's Ladder (Paul Messinger)

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Paul Messinger" wrote:
<The aforementioned BandCamp link for the CD Tracks is:
<http://climbjacobsladder.bandcamp.com/
...
<Last week we released the performance version of the title cut,
<DooWatchaDoo, and placed the other videos on the same channel . the link can
<be found at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUOwsfneZMA
<<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUOwsfneZMA&list=PL0EEC05B73EE95B2B&index=7&;
<feature=plpp_video> &list=PL0EEC05B73EE95B2B&index=7&feature=plpp_video

I strongly urge everyone reading this to check out that link; this is a very cool band with great harmonica, and industry people pay attention to how many hits an artist collects on Youtube.
 
<Finally, I want to make mention that my 'approach' to the use of harmonica
<has been very much to find ways to make it part of the 'fabric' of popular
<music, whatever the style. As Producers are presently not knocking our collective doors down to <drag us down to studios to play on sophisticated and diverse styles of popular
<music, it's my belief (and opinion), that we as a community need to write
<our own songs that include harmonica as part of the 'fabric' of the sound. 

Good theory, and this recording should help underline the point.

Regards, Richard Hunter

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