Re: ret: [Harp-L] Some Recent Video

[George Miklas <harmonicat@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Martin for your thought provoking comments.  Self critique and
Peer Review are both important parts of the study.

P.S.:  I have been listening to many of the great past and present diatonic
players to develop my own style of backing.

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On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 5:57 PM, martin oldsberg
<martinoldsberg@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> George,
>
> Apart from the fact that my fashion sense is seriously diverging from you
> guys in the the band -- and that I´m not very big on Christian music -- my
> impression of what you´re doing is very positive. I´m  bit preoccupied
> myself with the idea of backing with the harmonica. I think it´s
> interesting to study guys like Mickey Raphael in very concrete terms --
> he´s been playing backing harp for, what, 40 years now ... -- which notes
> do they play, when do they not play etc -- and it seems as if you´re on
> that path as well?
>  Perhaps, if I was to produce one objection it would be: there are times
> (e g on "How great thou art") that you could get the harp a bit higher in
> the mix, and play a bit less. Meaning, give some more force to the riffs
> you´re putting out and stay completely silent in the meantime: there´s a
> certain risk that they´re drowning you, or that you´re "flowing out" ...
> Not all the time, but some of the time. But I hear that you´re picking up
> what the keyboard is doing and that´s right on the money.
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Hey Harpers....
>
> I just uploaded some new video on my YouTube channel.  Check it out and
> tell me what you think of my harp playing.  Any criticism to improve my
> harp playing is welcome and appreciated.
>
> 1.) http://youtu.be/vITukqCtCvc
>
> 2.) http://youtu.be/5XMhMuxaWKw
> 3.) http://youtu.be/eMMX4XPXWng
> 4.) http://youtu.be/muLYuVcwPDQ
> 5.) http://youtu.be/jgBSTchh7P4
>
>
> Thanks,
> George
>