Re: [Harp-L] Technique WAS (no subject)

["mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok I see what you mean, it's all subjective...we all loved MD
And there is no way he didn't thrive on his own play...IMHO

Mike Wilbur 



On Sep 26, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You can sense emotion, you can feel it.  You cannot measure it and your senses can be deceived by a great actor.  You trust your instinct that Miles Davis was truly feeling emotion when he played, but perhaps he was such a master that even when he was phoning it in, you felt he was feeling emotion.  
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> For the record, I love Miles Davis and feel lots of emotion from his playing.  
> Michael Rubin
> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
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> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:51 PM, mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oh my,   he's injected the Miles Davis Rule !
> There's a point ....
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> Mikewilbur
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> On Sep 26, 2012, at 5:30 PM, The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > sayeth Michael:
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> > "Emotion cannot be measured within a note sound."
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> > answereth me...
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> > "Oh yeah?  MILES DAVIS."
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> > On harmonica, Jerry Portnoy is fond of saying how much emotion can be squeezed out of a single sustained note. The book provided with his wonderful "Harmonica MasterClass CD set" talks about the potential emotion contained within a single note.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>; harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wed, Sep 26, 2012 4:15 pm
> > Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Technique WAS (no subject)
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> > Emotion cannot be measured within a note sound.   Even if you could, a guy
> > really feeling the blues playing very fast without signals that we as
> > listeners have come to define as signs of emotion (ie little bends,
> > vibrato, hand wah wah, double stops) would have more feeling in his fastest
> > note than the best harmonica actor with nothing in particular to work
> > through in his soul playing the slowest, most molasses dripped vibratoed
> > and wah-wahed bent double stopped note.  I think you are referring to
> > emoting, which is more of an actor's tool.  Okay, carry on as if I am crazy.
> > Michael Rubin
> > Michaelrubinharmonica.com
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